Structure and function of learning flights in bees and wasps

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 245-252

  Zeil, Jochen ^a,b   Kelber, Almut ^a   Voss, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homing; Hymenoptera; Landmark guidance; Learning; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001581933     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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