Center for Avian Cognition
Date of this Version
1982
Citation
Published in Science, New Series, Vol. 217, No. 4560 (Aug. 13, 1982), pp. 655-657
Abstract
An ecological approach based on food distribution suggests that hummingbirds 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.
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Copyright © 1982 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Used by permission.