The Learning Abilities of the White Cabbage Butterfly, Pieris rapae, Foraging for Flowers

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-117

  Kandori, Ikuo ^a   Ohsaki, Naota ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flower color; Flower constancy; Learning; Memory; Pieris rapae

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CAPUT; ERIGERON ANNUUS; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0001617746     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02514977     Document Type: Article

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