Movement patterns of honeybee foragers: Motivation and decision rules dependent on the rate of reward

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 579-596

  Giurfa, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION RULE; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT PATTERN;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030423893     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996X00224     Document Type: Article

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