Visual cue generalisation and spatial conditioning in the ant Myrmica sabuleti

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-271

  Cammaerts, Marie Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ant; Insect orientation; Myrmica sabuleti; Spatial conditioning

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; MYRMICA; MYRMICA SABULETI;

EID: 2442501422     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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