Classical conditioning, temporal learning and spatial learning in the ant Myrmica sabuleti

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-256

  Cammaerts, Marie Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Classical conditioning; Myrmica sabuleti; Spatial learning; Temporal learning

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM PORRUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; FORMICIDAE; MYRMICA; MYRMICA SABULETI;

EID: 2442604419     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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