Associative learning in response to color in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-69

  Oliai, S E ^a   King, B H ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Color learning; Nasonia; Parasitoid wasp; Pteromalidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034121669     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007763525685     Document Type: Article

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