Jumping spiders associate food with color cues in a T-maze

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 487-492

  Jakob, Elizabeth M ^a   Skow, Christa D ^a   Haberman, Mary Popson ^b   Plourde, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Scott Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

Experience; Learning; Phidippus; Salticidae; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; PHIDIPPUS; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 40749134955     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/JOA-ST06-61.1     Document Type: Article

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