Antistatic foam as a shocking surface for behavioral studies with honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and American cockroaches (Orthoptera: Blattelidae)

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 562-566

  Abramson, Charles I ^a   Morris, Andrew W ^a   Michaluk, Lynnette M ^a   Squire, Jon ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera L.; Cockroaches; Honey bees; Insect behavior; Insect learning; Periplaneta americana L.; Resistive sheet; Shocking surface

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BLATTARIA; BLATTIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9644262307     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-39.4.562     Document Type: Article

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