Oxygen consumption in the foraging honeybee depends on the reward rate at the food source

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-42

  Moffatt, Luciano ^a   Núñez, Josué A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Foraging; Honeybee; Locomotor Activity; Motivation; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; MOTIVATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REWARD; SUCROSE;

EID: 1842378016     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050045     Document Type: Article

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