Stingless bee response to spider webs is dependent on the context of encounter

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Rao, Dinesh ^a   Cheng, Ken ^a   Herberstein, Marie E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argiope keyserlingi; Bee flight; Decorations; Orb web; Predator prey interactions; Stabilimenta; Trigona carbonaria; Visibility

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROBABILITY; SPIDER;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARGIOPE KEYSERLINGI; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA CARBONARIA;

EID: 56749102832     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0651-z     Document Type: Article

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