Energetics of honeybee swarm thermoregulation.
Energetics of honeybee swarm thermoregulation.
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蜂群温度调节的能量学。
DOI:
10.1126/science.212.4494.565
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发表时间:
1981
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
B. Heinrich
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作者:
B. Heinrich
Honeybee swarms regulate their core temperature at a high set point (near 36 degrees C) and the mantle at a low set point (near 15 degrees C). The temperature gradient from core to mantle permits considerable energy economy, and it is abolished only shortly before swarm takeoff.