Colour learning in two behavioural contexts: How much can a butterfly keep in mind?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-434

  Weiss, Marth R ^a,b   Papaj, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; OVIPOSITION;

BATTUS; BATTUS PHILENOR; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0038477113     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2084     Document Type: Article

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