Colour processing in complex environments: Insights from the visual system of bees

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1707, 2011, Pages 952-959

  Dyer, Adrian G ^a   Paulk, Angelique C ^b   Reser, David H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain; Conditioning; Insect learning; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BEE; BRAIN; COLOR; CONDITIONING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MEMORY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79952323837     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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