Discrimination of coloured stimuli by honeybees: Alternative use of achromatic and chromatic signals

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

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-243

  Giurfa, Martin ^a   Vorobyev, Misha ^b   Brandt, Robert ^b   Posner, Britta ^b   Menzel, Randolf ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Achromatic contrast; Apis mellifera; Honeybees; Vision Chromatic contrast

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031048934     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050044     Document Type: Article

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