Genotype-environment interactions in honeybee guarding behaviour

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 459-467

  Hunt, Greg J ^a   Guzman Novoa, Ernesto ^b,c,d   Uribe Rubio, José L ^b,c,d   Prieto Merlos, Daniel ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Ciudad Universitaria ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA;

EID: 0041784458     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2253     Document Type: Article

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