Evolutionary ecology of learning: Insights from fruit flies

Population Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-25

  Kawecki, Tadeusz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Drosophila; Experimental evolution; Learning; Memory; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BEE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MEMORY; TRADE-OFF; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; DROSOPHILA (GENUS); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72949091250     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-009-0174-0     Document Type: Review

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