Olfactory learning of fruit odors in the eastern yellow jacket, Vespula maculifrons (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 879-888

  Jander, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Learning; Olfaction; Vespidae; Vespula maculifrons

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; CRATAEGUS CRUS-GALLI; VESPULA MACULIFRONS;

EID: 0032465781     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020868311982     Document Type: Article

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