Experience, but not distance, influences the recruitment precision in the stingless bee Scaptotrigona mexicana

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 567-573

  Sánchez, Daniel ^a   Kraus, F Bernhard ^a   Hernández, Manuel De Jesús ^a   Vandame, Rémy ^a,b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UMR INNOVATION   (France)

Author keywords

Communication system; Recruitment; Stingless bee; Three dimensional precision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLONY; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; RECRUITMENT; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIENCE; FOOD; FORAGER; REWARD; STINGLESS BEE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEXICO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA MEXICANA;

EID: 34249941593     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0229-z     Document Type: Article

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