What a hawkmoth remembers after hibernation depends on innate preferences and conditioning situation

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1093-1097

  Kelber, Almut ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

color learning; hawkmoth; hibernation; hummingbird hawkmoth; innate preferences; insects; Lepidoptera; long term memory; Macroglossum stellatarum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HIBERNATION; INNATE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEMORY; MOTH; NECTARIVORY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROGLOSSUM STELLATARUM; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 77955911564     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq115     Document Type: Article

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