Effect of forager-deposited odors on the intra-patch accuracy of recruitment of the stingless bees Melipona panamica and Partamona peckolti (Apidae, Meliponini)

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 584-594

  Contrera, Felipe Andrés León ^a,b   Nieh, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intra patch precision; Meliponini; Odor marking; Recruitment; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGE; ODOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SCENT MARKING;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; MELIPONA PANAMICA; MELIPONINAE; PARTAMONA;

EID: 39549118131     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007054     Document Type: Article

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