Nocturnal bees learn landmark colours in starlight

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Somanathan, Hema ^a,b   Borges, Renee Maria ^b   Warrant, Eric James ^a   Kelber, Almut ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEE; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LETTER; LIGHT; NIGHT VISION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; NIGHT VISION;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; GEKKONIDAE; HEXAPODA; SPHINGIDAE; VERTEBRATA; XYLOCOPA TRANQUEBARICA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 55249101309     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.023     Document Type: Letter

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