Food restriction and threat of predation affect visual pattern choices by flower-naïve bumblebees.
The aim of this study was to determine whether a preference by flower-naïve bumblebees could be created or enhanced by manipulating variables relevant to food collection and to defense against predation. In two experiments, colonies of bumblebees ( Bombus impatiens ) were deprived of pollen, exposed...
| Publicado en: | Learning & Motivation Vol. 50; pp. 3 - 11 |
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