Thoracic vibrations in stingless bees (Melipona seminigra): Resonances of the thorax influence vibrations associated with flight but not those associated with sound production

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 678-685

  Hrncir, Michael ^a,b   Gravel, Anne Isabelle ^c   Schorkopf, Dirk Louis P ^b   Schmidt, Veronika M ^b   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^a   Barth, Friedrich G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annoyance buzzing; Flight vibration; Forager vibration; Laser vibrometry; Natural frequency; Resonance; Stingless bees; Thoracic vibration

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; THORAX; VIBRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BRAZIL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; THORAX; VIBRATION;

APOIDEA; MELIPONA SEMINIGRA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 42049116839     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.013920     Document Type: Article

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