Repeated unrewarded scent exposure influences the food choice of stingless bee foragers, Melipona scutellaris

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 755-762

  Roselino, Ana Carolina ^a   Hrncir, Michael ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DO SEMI ÁRIDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Familiarization; Floral odour; Foraging decision; Melipona scutellaris; PER assay; Scent learning; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOASSAY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILIARITY; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ODOR; OLFACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE USE;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MELIPONA SCUTELLARIS; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 84857061623     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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