Naturwissenschaften

, Volume 82, Issue 4, pp 198–201 | Cite as

Color and angular orientation in the discrimination of bilateral symmetric patterns in the honeybee

  • M. Giurfa
  • W. Backhaus
  • R. Menzel
Short Communications

Keywords

Color Symmetric Pattern Angular Orientation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • M. Giurfa
    • 1
  • W. Backhaus
    • 1
  • R. Menzel
    • 1
  1. 1.Institut für Neurobiologie der Freien UniversitätBerlin

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