How bumblebees first find flowers: Habituation of visual pattern preferences, spontaneous recovery, and dishabituation

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-78

  Plowright, C M S ^a   Simonds, V M ^a   Butler, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Exploratory behaviour; Flower recognition; Habituation; Pattern preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544447195     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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