Bees travel novel homeward routes by integrating separately acquired vector memories

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-152

  Menzel, Randolf ^a   Geiger, Karl ^a   Joerges, Jasdan ^a   Müller, Uli ^a   Chittka, Lars ^b,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING SITE; HONEYBEE; MEMORY; SHORT CUT;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031980871     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0574     Document Type: Article

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