Social learning drives handedness in nectar-robbing bumblebees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1141-1150

  Goulson, D ^a   Park, K J ^a   Tinsley, M C ^a   Bussiere L F ^a   Vallejo Marin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apidae; Bombus; Floral larceny; Foraging behaviour; Hymenoptera; Learning

Indexed keywords

BEE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FOOD SELECTION; HANDEDNESS; NECTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILD POPULATION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS WURFLENII; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; RHINANTHUS MINOR;

EID: 84878929369     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1539-0     Document Type: Article

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