Thorax vibrations of a stingless bee (Melipona seminigra). I. No influence of visual flow

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

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 539-548

  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; Optic flow; Stingless bee; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THORAX; TIME; VIBRATION; VISION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4644367302     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0514-7     Document Type: Article

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