Spatial Learning as an Adaptation in Hummingbirds
- 13 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 217 (4560) , 655-657
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.217.4560.655
Abstract
An ecological approach based on food distribution suggests that humming birds should more easily learn to visit a flower in a new location than to learn to return to a flower in a position just visited, for a food reward. Experimental results support this hypothesis as well as the general view that differences in learning within and among species represent adaptations.Keywords
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