The honeybee waggle dance: can we follow the steps?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 242-247

  Grüter, Christoph ^a   Farina, Walter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 65249105595     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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