How does an invasive social wasp deal with changing contextual cues while foraging?

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 803-808

  Lozada, M ^a   D'Adamo, P ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Learning; Memory; Plasticity; Social wasps

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEARNING; MEMORY; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

VESPULA GERMANICA;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

EID: 68049111340     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0333     Document Type: Article

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