Honeybee dance language: is it overrated?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 583-

  Brockmann, Axel ^a   Sen Sarma, Moushumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

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

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 71749109815     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.06.005     Document Type: Letter

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