Foraging behaviour in Vespula germanica wasps re‐locating a food source

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-17

  D'Adamo, Paola ^a   Lozada, Mariana ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Landmark guidance; Learning; Motivation; Social wasps; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; VISUAL CUE; WASP;

VESPULA GERMANICA;

EID: 42649126745     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220809510099     Document Type: Article

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