Collective personalities in honeybee colonies are linked to colony fitness

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-568

  Wray, Margaret K ^a   Mattila, Heather R ^b   Seeley, Thomas D ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Behavioural syndrome; Collective behaviour; Colony fitness; Honeybee

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79851513959     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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