Task-dependent effects of dicofol (kelthane) on learning in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-183

  Stone, J C ^a   Abramson, C I ^a   Price, J M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; DICOFOL; INSECTICIDE; OCTOPAMINE; PARATHION; PERMETHRIN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; SMELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DICOFOL; INSECTICIDES;

DICOFOL; HONEYBEE; KELTHANE; LEARNING;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030621299     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900317     Document Type: Article

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