Learning and foraging efficiency in German cockroaches, Blattella germanica (L.) (Insecta: Dictyoptera)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 139-145

  Durier, Virginie ^a   Rivault, Colette ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Foraging; Learning; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000684549     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710000065     Document Type: Article

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