Evolutionary biology of insect learning

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2008, Pages 145-160

  Dukas, Reuven ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bees; Ecology; Evolution; Fruit flies; Grasshoppers; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; INSECTS; LEARNING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 40349109045     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093343     Document Type: Review

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