Color choices by bumble bees (Bombus terrestris): innate preferences and generalization after learning

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  2000

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  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

• Publication date

  2000-06-06

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.1007/s002650000213
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