Sensory preconditioning in honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1351-1364

  Müller, Dirk ^a   Gerber, Bertram ^a   Hellstern, Frank ^a   Hammer, Martin ^a   Menzel, Randolf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Configural learning; Honeybee; Learning; Olfaction; Sensory preconditioning; Within compound association

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ODORS; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 0343941537     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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