Learning in two contexts: The effects of interference and body size in bumblebees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2045-2053

  Worden, Bradley D ^a   Skemp, Ana K ^a   Papaj, Daniel R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Bombus impatiens; Bumblebee; Contexts; Foraging; Interference; Learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; LEARNING;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS;

EID: 20744438227     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01582     Document Type: Article

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