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Nest Maintenance

Nest Maintenance is a behavioral ecological process involving the continued care, repair, and sanitation of a nest structure by brood-tending individuals to ensure optimal conditions for offspring development and survival.

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606

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2017–2026

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250

Behaviour genetics of nest cleaning in honey bees. I. Responses of four inbred lines to disease-killed brood

Walter C. Rothenbuhler · Animal Behaviour · 1964 · 241 citations

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Functional and causal aspects of nest distribution in colonies of the sandwich tern (Sterna s. sandvicensis Lath.)

Jan Veen · Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) · 1977 · 177 citations · Full text

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Altruistic self‐removal of health‐compromised honey bee workers from their hive

Olav Rueppell, Miranda K. Hayworth, Norman P. Ross · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · 2010 · 154 citations · Full text

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Food availability and immune capacity in serin ( Serinus serinus ) nestlings

Maria Hoi-Leitner, Mariló Romero‐Pujante, Herbert Hoi et al. · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 2001 · 146 citations

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Inner nest homeostasis in a changing environment with special emphasis on honey bee brood nursing and pollen supply

Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim · Apidologie · 2004 · 134 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SO
    Sean O’Donnell

    University of Washington, United States

    4 publications · 254 citations

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  2. SG
    Spencer G. Sealy

    University of Manitoba, Canada

    3 publications · 193 citations

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  3. PT
    Piotr Tryjanowski

    University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Poland

    3 publications · 130 citations

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  4. WD
    Walter D. Koenig

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 209 citations

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  5. AP
    Anders Pape Møller

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    3 publications · 64 citations

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Institutions

275

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. University of Würzburg

    Würzburg, Germany

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    352 citations

  3. Western University

    London, Canada

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    271 citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    277 citations

  5. University of Manitoba

    Winnipeg, Canada

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    383 citations

  6. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

    Madrid, Spain

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    271 citations

  7. Deakin University

    Burwood, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    103 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    180 citations

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  1. Animal Behaviour

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Ornithological Applications

    13 publications · 455 citations

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  3. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    12 publications · 750 citations

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  4. Ibis

    8 publications · 210 citations

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  5. Insectes Sociaux

    IS · 8 publications · 222 citations

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