Honeybee's use of spatial parameters for flower discrimination

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 157-167

  Lehrer, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWER DISCRIMINATION; HONEYBEE; POLLINATOR; SPATIAL PARAMETER;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030784710     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1997.10676681     Document Type: Article

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