How do bees learn and recognize visual patterns?

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 477-485

  Ronacher, Bernhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0001346136     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050497     Document Type: Article

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