Visual attention in a complex search task differs between honeybees and bumblebees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2515-2523

  Morawetz, Linde ^a   Spaethe, Johannes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Attention; Bombus terrestris; Foraging ecology; Search behaviour; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEE; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FLYING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; BEES; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84863844426     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.066399     Document Type: Article

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