Why do honeybee foragers follow waggle dances?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 584-585

  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)

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EID: 72049114995     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.06.017     Document Type: Letter

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