Social versus individual behaviour: A comparative approach to thermal behaviour of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) and the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana L.)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-322

  Grodzicki, Przemysław ^a   Caputa, Michał ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cockroaches; Honeybee workers; Nychthemeral rhythms; Social thermoregulation; Thermal behaviour

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; HONEYBEE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BLATTARIA; BLATTIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 14644420970     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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