Polarized short odor-trail recruitment communication by a stingless bee, Trigona spinipes

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 435-448

  Nieh, James C ^a   Contrera, Felipe A L ^b   Yoon, Ryan R ^c   Barreto, Lillian S ^d   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Empresa Baiana Desenvolvimento A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Polarized short odor trail; Recruitment; Stingless bee; Three dimensional location communication

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; ODOR; RECRUITMENT; SCENT MARKING;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA;

EID: 4544260492     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0804-7     Document Type: Article

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