Visual discrimination of radial cues by the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 629-645

  Horridge, G A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Pattern perception; Radial cues

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0034116695     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00151-1     Document Type: Article

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