Visual discriminations of spokes, sectors, and circles by the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 984-1003

  Horridge, Adrian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cues; Discrimination; Honeybee; Radial tangential; Vision

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEARNING; MORPHOLOGY; SYMMETRY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 33748427887     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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