Sugar preferences and feeding strategies in the hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum

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

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 661-666

  Kelber, A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Feeding; Hawkmoths; Learning; Sugar preference

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEARNING; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CARBOHYDRATES; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; MOTHS; SUCROSE;

EID: 0142091498     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0440-0     Document Type: Article

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