Signals and flexibility in the dance communication of honeybees

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-174

  Michelsen, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dance language; Flexibility; Honeybee; Jet air flow; Waggle run

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; FORELIMB; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; VIBRATION; WING;

EID: 0037366943     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0398-y     Document Type: Review

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