Bee reverse-learning behavior and intra-colony differences: Simulations based on behavioral experiments reveal benefits of diversity

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 277, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-131

  Dyer, A G ^a,b,c   Dorin, A ^b   Reinhardt, V ^c   Garcia, J E ^a   Rosa, M G P ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flower; Honeybee; Individual behavior; Individual based simulation; Learning; Pollinator; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894334031     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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