Learning signals within sensory environments: Does host cue learning in butterflies depend on background?

Animal Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-192

  Snell Rood, Emilie C ^a   Papaj, Daniel R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Background; Battus philenor; Butterflies; Context dependency; Crypticity; Filters; Learning; Sensorynoise; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; SENSORY SYSTEM;

BATTUS PHILENOR; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33747885702     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075606777304203     Document Type: Article

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