The role of orientation flights on homing performance in honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1655-1666

  Capaldi, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Dyer, Fred C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Homing; Honeybee; Learning; Navigation; Orientation; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLYING; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033152078     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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