How to measure patch encounter rate: Decision-making mechanisms in the parasitic wasp Asobara tabida

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-82

  Thiel, Andra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Duration estimation; Foraging; Habituation; Long term interval timing; Travel time; Weber's law

Indexed keywords

ASOBARA TABIDA; HEXAPODA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 78650757395     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0344-7     Document Type: Article

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