Gustatory response and appetitive learning in Microplitis croceipes in relation to sugar type and concentration

Animal Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-203

  Wäckers, Felix ^a,b   Bonifay, Claire ^c   Vet, Louise ^a,d   Lewis, Joe ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food conditioning; Honeydew; Nectar; Odour learning; Post ingestive feedback; Reward quality

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEYDEW; INSECT; NECTAR; ODOR;

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MICROPLITIS CROCEIPES;

EID: 33747893637     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075606777304230     Document Type: Article

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