Discrimination of coloured patterns by honeybees through chromatic and achromatic cues

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 503-512

  Hempel De Ibarra, N ^a   Giurfa, M ^b,d   Vorobyev, M ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Compound eye; Honeybee; Pattern vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEE; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0036707349     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0322-x     Document Type: Article

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