Associative learning and memory duration in the parasitic wasp Lariophagus distinguendus

Animal Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-232

  Muller C ^a   Collatz, J ^b   Wieland, R ^c   Steidle, J L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experience; Host finding; Lariophagus distinguendus; Long term memory; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST LOCATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; ODOR; OLFACTION; PARASITOID; WASP;

APIS MELLIFERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYMENOPTERA; LARIOPHAGUS DISTINGUENDUS; PTEROMALIDAE; SITOPHILUS GRANARIUS; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 33744828606     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075606777304195     Document Type: Article

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