The role of genetic diversity in nest cooling in a wild honey bee, Apis florea

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-165

  Jones, Julia C ^a   Nanork, Piyamas ^b   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Apis florea; Fanning; Honey bee; Thermoregulation; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 33846648668     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0176-8     Document Type: Article

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