Publication Date:
2012-03-02
Description:
Author(s): Friedrich Lenz, Thomas C. Ings, Lars Chittka, Aleksei V. Chechkin, and Rainer Klages We analyze 3D flight paths of bumblebees searching for nectar in a laboratory experiment with and without predation risk from artificial spiders. For the flight velocities we find mixed probability distributions reflecting the access to the food sources while the threat posed by the spiders shows up... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 098103] Published Thu Mar 01, 2012
Keywords:
Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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