Color discrimination conditioning of a wasp, Polybia occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-251

  Shafir, Sharoni ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR VISION; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLYBIA OCCIDENTALIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030434857     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389078     Document Type: Article

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