Honeybee methodology, cognition, and theory: Recording local directional decisions in interpatch foraging and interpreting their theoretical relevance

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-263

  Najera, Daniel A ^a   Jander, Rudolf ^b  

^a WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Foraging; Honeybee; Interpatch; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; BEES; COGNITION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84857356526     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0450-1     Document Type: Article

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