Interactions of visual odometry and landmark guidance during food search in honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4123-4135

  Vladusich, Tony ^a   Hemmi, Jan M ^b   Srinivasan, Mandyam V ^b   Zeil, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Landmark; Navigation; Odometry

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; CUES; ODORS; ORIENTATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 28444497425     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01880     Document Type: Article

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