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Foraging Distances of Bombus muscorum, Bombus lapidarius, and Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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  1. Department of General and Special Zoology, Animal Ecology, University of Giessen, 35390, Giessen, Germany

    Kerstin Walther-Hellwig

  2. Department of Biology, Nature Conservation, University of Marburg, Germany

    Robert Frankl

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Walther-Hellwig, K., Frankl, R. Foraging Distances of Bombus muscorum, Bombus lapidarius, and Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 13, 239–246 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007740315207

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