Recognition of a familiar place by the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

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

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-316

  Horridge, G A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Insect vision; Pattern vision; Place recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BEE; BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 17444386009     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0592-6     Document Type: Review

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