Individual Recognition and the Evolution of Learning and Memory in Polistes Paper Wasps

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 561-571

  Tibbetts, Elizabeth A ^a   Sheehan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Individual recognition; Negative reinforcement; Specialized learning; Visual learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885974699     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415823-8.00042-3     Document Type: Chapter

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