Behavioural plasticity in the fanning response of bumblebee workers: Impact of experience and rate of temperature change

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-34

  Westhus, C ^a,b   Kleineidam, C J ^a,c   Roces, F ^a   Weidenmuller A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Bombus terrestris; Bumblebee; Division of labour; Experience; Response threshold model; Self organization; Self reinforcement; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BEE; LABOR DIVISION; SELF ORGANIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMOREGULATION;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84872288124     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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