The 'I see you' prey-predator signal of Apis cerana is innate

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-248

  Tan, Ken ^a,b   Wang, Zhenwei ^b   Chen, Weiweng ^b   Hu, Zongwen ^b   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Apis mellifera; Prey predator signalling; Pursuit deterrent signalling; Species recognition; Vespa velutina

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BUTTERFLY; COEVOLUTION; EMERGENCE; HERITABILITY; HONEYBEE; INNATE BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECOGNITION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; DRIVE; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FOOD CHAIN; INSTINCT;

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

EID: 84876287219     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1019-4     Document Type: Article

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