Foraging pauses and their meaning as an economic strategy in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-68

  Grosclaude, F E ^a   Nunez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Economic strategy; Foraging pause; Honeybee; Information exchange

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 2642591962     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050234     Document Type: Article

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