Intraspecific variability in associative learning in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Animal Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 593-604

  Koppik, Mareike ^a   Hoffmeister, Thomas S ^a   Brunkhorst, Sven ^a   Kieß, Melanie ^a   Thiel, Andra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Cue reliability; Host finding; Intraspecific variation; Memory formation; Meta analysis; Parasitoid wasp

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCE;

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DIPTERA; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; LEARNING; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MEMORY; ODORANTS; OVIPOSITION; WASPS;

EID: 84939998641     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0828-y     Document Type: Article

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