Adaptation or constraint? Reference-dependent scatter in honey bee dances

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1081-1086

  Tanner, David A ^a   Visscher, P Kirk ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Apis mellifera; Communication; Constraint; Divergence angle

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DIVERGENCE; HABITAT TYPE; HONEYBEE; MOVEMENT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 77953713014     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0922-3     Document Type: Article

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