Pattern learning by honeybees: Conditioning procedure and recognition strategy

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 315-324

  Giurfa, Martin ^a   Hammer, Martin ^a   Stach, Silke ^a   Stollhoff, Nicola ^a   Müller Deisig, Nina ^a   Mizyrycki, Cynthia ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; RECOGNITION;

EID: 0033082307     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0957     Document Type: Article

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