Diminishing returns: The influence of experience and environment on time-memory extinction in honey bee foragers

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 641-651

  Moore, Darrell ^a   van Nest, Byron N ^a   Seier, Edith ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Food anticipatory activity; Foraging; Honey bees; Time memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY;

EID: 79957441267     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0624-y     Document Type: Article

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