A flexible model of foraging by a honey bee colony: The effects of individual behaviour on foraging success

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-197

  Cox, Melissa D ^a   Myerscough, Mary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Genetic variance; Mathematical model; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DANCING; FORAGE; FORAGE QUALITY; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; INDIVIDUALITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NECTAR; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0012625578     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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