Changes in the metabolic rate of the foraging honeybee: Effect of the carried weight or of the reward rate?

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-306

  Moffatt, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crop load; Foraging; Honeybee; Metabolic rate; Motivational state

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BEE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BEES; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; SUCROSE;

ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; APOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034078391     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050430     Document Type: Article

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