The importance of location and visual cues during foraging in the German wasp (Vespula germanica F.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-174

  D’Adamo, Paola ^a   Lozada, Mariana ^b  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Foraging behaviour; Social wasps

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PREY LOCATION; VISUAL CUE; WASP;

FELIS CATUS; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE; VESPULA; VESPULA GERMANICA;

EID: 0142151588     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9518336     Document Type: Article

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