Olfactive conditioning and use of visual and odorous cues for movement in the ant Myrmica sabuleti (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 117-127

  Cammaerts, Marie Claire ^a   Rachidi, Zoheir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Myrmica sabuleti; Navigation; Olfactive conditioning; Orientation

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA SABULETI;

EID: 68149179862     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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