Host location by visual and olfactory floral cues in an oligolectic bee: innate and learned behavior
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Paulo Milet-Pinheiro, Manfred Ayasse, Clemens Schlindwein, Heidi E. M. Dobson, and Stefan Dötterl Department of Botany, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, 50670-901, Recife, Brazil, Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany, Department of Botany, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Department of Biology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA 99362, USA, and Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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