Associative olfactory learning in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2495-2503

  Simões, Patrício ^a   Ott, Swidbert R ^a   Niven, Jeremy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetitive conditioning; Classical conditioning; Decision making; Learning; Memory; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ETHOLOGY; GRASSHOPPER; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ETHOLOGY; GRASSHOPPERS; MOUTH; ODORS; SMELL;

HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 79960689687     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.055806     Document Type: Article

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