Locusts show rapid individual learning but no social learning about food

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-311

  Dukas, Reuven ^a,b   Simpson, Stephen J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

foraging; locust; Locusta migratoria; social learning; sociality

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEARNING; LOCUST; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68349155829     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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