Variation in the ability to communicate three-dimensional resource location by stingless bees from different habitats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1129-1139

  Nieh, James C ^a   Contrera, Felipe A L ^b   Ramírez, Santiago ^c   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMMUNICATION; RECRUITMENT;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA; MELIPONA BICOLOR; MELIPONA MANDACAIA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0142084957     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2289     Document Type: Article

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