Impaired tactile learning is related to social role in honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 994-1002

  Scheiner, Ricarda ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^b,c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; Discrimination; Division of labour; PER; Retention; Tactile conditioning

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOUCH;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 63849126920     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.021188     Document Type: Article

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