Foraging ecology predicts learning performance in insectivorous bats.

Bats are unusual among mammals in showing great ecological diversity even among closely related species and are thus well suited for studies of adaptation to the ecological background. Here we investigate whether behavioral flexibility and simple- and complex-rule learning performance can be predict...

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Main Authors: Theresa M A Clarin, Ireneusz Ruczyński, Rachel A Page, Björn M Siemers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3673959?pdf=render