Eye-specific learning of routes and 'signposts' by walking honeybees

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

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 747-754

  Zhang, S W ^a   Lehrer, M ^b   Srinivasan, M V ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Interocular transfer; Learning; Navigation; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031811051     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050219     Document Type: Article

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