Age-mediated and environmentally mediated brain and behavior plasticity in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides

Apidologie

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 557-567

  Tomé, Hudson Vaner V ^a   Rosi Denadai, Conrado A ^a   Pimenta, Jessica Fernanda N ^a   Guedes, Raul Narciso C ^a   Martins, Gustavo F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

mushroom body; native pollinator; native stingless bee; walking behavior

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; MUSHROOM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLLINATOR; REARING; WALKING;

EID: 84906272129     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0272-7     Document Type: Article

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