Different thresholds for detection and discrimination of odors in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Chemical Senses

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-135

  Wright, Geraldine A ^a,b   Smith, Brian H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Entomology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coding; Concentration; Discrimination; Honey bee; Invariance; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

HEXANE; HEXANOL; MINERAL OIL; SOLVENT; VOLATILE AGENT; 1-HEXANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; ANIMAL; BEE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SENSE ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HEXANES; HEXANOLS; ODORS; SENSE ORGANS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 1642490612     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh016     Document Type: Article

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