Landmark-based spatial search in honeybees. I. Use of elements and interlandmark angles

Animal Cognition

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-78

  Cheng, Ken ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Honeybees; Landmark based spatial memory; Spatial cognition; Template model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004580866     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710050026     Document Type: Article

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