Brain allometry and neural plasticity in the bumblebee bombus occidentalis

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-148

  Riveros, Andre J ^a   Gronenberg, Wulfila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus; Brain size; Cognition; Honeybee

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954542884     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000306506     Document Type: Article

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