Flower constancy, insect psychology, and plant evolution

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 361-377

  Chittka, Lars ^a   Thomson, James D ^b   Waser, Nickolas M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FLOWER; FLOWER VISITING; POLLINATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COLOR; HONEYBEE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSECT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 0032803722     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050636     Document Type: Review

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