Foraging and associative learning of visual signals in a parasitic wasp

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 525-533

  Lucchetta, Patrice ^a   Bernstein, Carlos ^a   Théry, Marc ^b   Lazzari, Claudio ^c   Desouhant, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Parc Grandmont   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive ecology; Colour learning; Food foraging; Parasitoid; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEARNING; REWARD; WASP;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; REWARD; WASPS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; VENTURIA CANESCENS; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 46549090000     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0144-5     Document Type: Article

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