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Bumblebees can discriminate between scent-marks deposited by conspecifics
Bumblebees secrete a substance from their tarsi wherever they land, which can be detected by conspecifics. These secretions are referred to as scent-marks, which bumblebees are able to use as social cues. Although it has been found that bumblebees can detect and associate scent-marks with rewarding...
Autores principales: | Pearce, Richard F., Giuggioli, Luca, Rands, Sean A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5339730/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28266572 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep43872 |
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