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...

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Publicado en:Learning & Motivation Vol. 50; pp. 3 - 11
Autores principales: Service, E.W., Plowright, C.M.S.
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Publicado: Academic Press Inc. May2015
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