Thermal learning in the honeybee, Apis mellifera

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3928-3934

  Hammer, Tobin J ^a   Hata, Curtis ^a   Nieh, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Discrimination learning; Honeybee; Memory; Thermoreception

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CONDITIONING; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; CALIFORNIA; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 70449704203     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034140     Document Type: Article

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