Quantity estimation based on numerical cues in the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor)

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Carazo, Pau ^a,b   Fernández Perea, Reyes ^b   Font, Enrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mate guarding; Numerical cognition; Numerosity discrimination; Quantity estimation; Sperm competition; Sperm competition risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870864960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00502     Document Type: Article

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