The EAG response spectra of workers and drones to Queen Honeybee mandibular gland components: The evolution of a social signal

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 283-285

  Brockmann, Axel ^a   Brückner, Dorothea ^a   Crewe, Robin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 0031823825     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050500     Document Type: Article

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