Associative learning by locusts: Pairing of visual cues with consumption of protein and carbohydrate

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1449-1459

  Raubenheimer, D ^a   Tucker, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN MIGRATORY LOCUST; ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING; FOOD CONSUMPTION; VISUAL CUE;

ACRIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LOCUSTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA MIGRATORIOIDES; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0031444521     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0542     Document Type: Article

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