Waggle dance distances as integrative indicators of seasonal foraging challenges

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Couvillon, Margaret J ^a   Schürch, Roger ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR; CARBOHYDRATE; NECTAR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOWER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; NESTING; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WAGGLE DANCE; ANIMAL; BEE; DANCING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; FOOD; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; CARBOHYDRATES; DANCING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FLOWERS; FOOD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT NECTAR; SEASONS;

EID: 84898914926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093495     Document Type: Article

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