Do Choice Tests Really Test Choice?

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 329-336

  Martel, Véronique ^a   Boivin, Guy ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

apparent choice; discrimination; experimental design; resources; True choice

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960178865     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-011-9257-9     Document Type: Article

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