Honeybee colony thermoregulation - Regulatory mechanisms and contribution of individuals in dependence on age, location and thermal stress

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Stabentheiner, Anton ^a   Kovac, Helmut ^a   Brodschneider, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; COLD STRESS; COMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLIGHT MUSCLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMEOSTASIS; HONEYBEE; MIGRATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REINFORCEMENT; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; THORAX;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 77952527836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008967     Document Type: Article

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