Honeybee Neurobiology and Behavior - A Tribute to Randolf Menzel

The book is a sequel of a similar book, edited by Randolf Menzel and Alison Mercer, "Neurobiology and Behavior of Honeybees", published in 1987. It is a "Festschrift" for the 70 th birthday of Randolf Menzel, who devoted his life to the topic of the book. The book will include an open commentary for each section written by Randolf Menzel, and discussed with the authors. The written contributions take their inspiration from a symposium on the topic, with all the authors, that was held in Berlin in summer 2010

List of contents

Preface.- Section 1. Mechanisms of social organization.- Section 2. Communication and navigation.- Section 3. Brain anatomy and physiology.- Section 4. Sensory systems.- Section 5. Genetics and molecular biology.- Section 6. Learning and memory.

Summary

The book is a sequel of a similar book, edited by Randolf Menzel and Alison Mercer, “Neurobiology and Behavior of Honeybees”, published in 1987. It is a “Festschrift” for the 70^th birthday of Randolf Menzel, who devoted his life to the topic of the book. The book will include an open commentary for each section written by Randolf Menzel, and discussed with the authors. The written contributions take their inspiration from a symposium on the topic, with all the authors, that was held in Berlin in summer 2010

Product details

• Assisted by: Dorothe Eisenhardt (Editor), Dorothea Eisenhardt (Editor), C. Giovanni Galizia (Editor), Giovanni Galizia (Editor), Giovanni C. Galizia (Editor), Martin Giurfa (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9789400720985
• ISBN: 978-94-0-072098-5
• No. of pages: 512
• Weight: 882 g
• Illustrations: XII, 512 p.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology