Hovering guards of the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula increase colony defensive perimeter as shown by intra- and inter-specific comparisons

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1277-1282

  van Zweden, Jelle S ^a   Grüter, Christoph ^a   Jones, Sam M ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defensive perimeter; Lestrimelitta limao; Nest defence; Nestmate recognition; Robber bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NEST GUARDING; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PARASITISM; ROBBING; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; LESTRIMELITTA LIMAO; MELIPONINAE; TETRAGONISCA ANGUSTULA;

EID: 79956069913     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1141-2     Document Type: Article

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