An 'I see you' prey-predator signal between the Asian honeybee, Apis cerana, and the hornet, Vespa velutina

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 879-882

  Tan, Ken ^a   Wang, Zhenwei ^b   Li, Hua ^b   Yang, Shuang ^b   Hu, Zongwen ^b   Kastberger, Gerald ^c   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^d  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

'I see you' display; Apis cerana; Apis mellifera; Honest signal; Honeybee; Hornet; Predator prey signalling; Risk sensitivity; Vespa velutina

Indexed keywords

INSECT; MOVEMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PAPILIONOIDEA; VESPA VELUTINA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 84862799094     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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