Unravelling reward value: The effect of host value on memory retention in nasonia parasitic wasps

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Hoedjes, Katja M ^a   Kralemann, Lejon E M ^a   van Vugt, Joke J F A ^b   Vet, Louise E M ^a,b   Smid, Hans M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Learning; Memory; Oviposition; Parasitoid wasp; Reliability; Reward value

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LEARNING; MEMORY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WASP; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PERCEPTION;

NASONIA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 84906081148     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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