Life history of learning: Performance curves of honeybees in the wild

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1195-1200

  Dukas, Reuven ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 55949098431     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01565.x     Document Type: Article

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