Flowers through insect eyes

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 93-101

  Vorobyev, Misha ^a   Gumbert, Andreas ^a   Kunze, Jan ^a   Giurfa, Martin ^a   Menzel, Randolf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0030734768     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1997.10676676     Document Type: Article

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