Places and patterns - A study of context learning in honeybees

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 343-353

  Collett, T S ^a   Fauria, K ^b   Dale, K ^a   Baron, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context learning; Honeybees; Mazes; Places; Visual pattern learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030760090     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050120     Document Type: Article

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