Do 'white' and 'green' look the same to a bee?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 592-594

  Vorobyev, M ^a   Hempel De Ibarra, N ^a   Brandt, R ^a   Giurfa, M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLOR; VISION;

ARTICLE; BEE; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0033437193     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050680     Document Type: Article

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