Discrimination of closed coloured shapes by honeybees requires only contrast to the long wavelength receptor type

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 903-910

  Hempel De Ibarra, Natalie ^a   Giurfa, Martin ^b,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; POLLINATOR; RECOGNITION; VISUAL CUE;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0344099117     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2269     Document Type: Article

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