The preference for symmetry in flower-naïve and not-so-naïve bumblebees

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-83

  Plowright, C M S ^a   Evans, S A ^a   Leung, J Chew ^a   Collin, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bombus impatiens; Bumblebees; Floral choice; Innate; Non differential conditioning; Pattern learning; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649636535     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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