Odor discrimination in classical conditioning of proboscis extension in two stingless bee species in comparison to Africanized honeybees

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1089-1099

  Mc Cabe, S I ^a   Hartfelder, K ^b   Santana, W C ^b   Farina, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Classical conditioning; Honeybee; Odor discrimination; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; SENSE ORGAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASTE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; REWARD; SENSE ORGANS; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASTE;

EID: 35349022040     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0260-8     Document Type: Article

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