How do hawkmoths learn multimodal stimuli? A comparison of three models

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 349-360

  Balkenius, Anna ^a   Kelber, Almut ^b   Balkenius, Christian ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY COGNITIVE SCIENCE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hawkmoth; Learning; Model; Olfaction; Vision

Indexed keywords

LAVANDULA; LEPIDOPTERA; LONICERA; MACROGLOSSUM STELLATARUM; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 55949108132     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712308092955     Document Type: Article

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