Multimodal signals enhance decision making in foraging bumble-bees

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1636, 2008, Pages 797-802

  Kulahci, Ipek G ^a   Dornhaus, Anna ^a   Papaj, Daniel R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus; Bumble bees; Decision making; Multimodal signals; Plant pollinator interactions; Speed accuracy trade off

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BEE; DECISION MAKING; FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OLFACTORY CUE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; DECISION MAKING; FLOWER; FORAGING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VELOCITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS IMPATIENS;

EID: 39149120232     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1176     Document Type: Article

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