Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs and False Alarms in Bee Responses to Cryptic Predators

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 1520-1524

  Ings, Thomas C ^a   Chittka, Lars ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEE; ECOSYSTEM; SPIDER; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THOMISIDAE;

EID: 53249134453     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.074     Document Type: Article

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