Thorax vibrations of a stingless bee (Melipona seminigra). II. Dependence on sugar concentration

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 549-560

  Hrncir, M ^a   Jarau, S ^a   Zucchi, R ^b   Barth, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Communication; Melipona; Stingless bee; Sugar concentration; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); METHODOLOGY; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; THORAX; VIBRATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ODORS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; THORAX; VIBRATION;

EID: 4644234023     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0515-6     Document Type: Article

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