Odor preference in honeybees as a function of amount of reward: Tests of two explanations

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-132

  Hoban, James S ^a   Couvillon, P A ^a   Bitterman, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Amount of reward; Apis mellifera; Backward conditioning; Honeybees; Odor preference; Simultaneous conditioning

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0030041577     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02213727     Document Type: Article

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