Navigational Memories in Ants and Bees: Memory Retrieval When Selecting and Following Routes

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2006, Pages 123-172

  Collett, Thomas S ^a   Graham, Paul ^a   Harris, Robert A ^a   Hempel de Ibarra, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33751359792     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(06)36003-2     Document Type: Review

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