Magnetic compass cues and visual pattern learning in honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1353-1361

  Frier, Helen J ^a   Edwards, Emma ^a   Smith, Claire ^a   Neale, Susi ^a   Collett, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

honeybee; magnetic compass; orientation; visual pattern learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029832914     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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