The role of past experience in development of feeding behavior in common vampire bats

The life history strategy of common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) suggests that learning might play a role in development of their foraging skills. We took advantage of 12 captive births in a study colony of vampire bats to test the role of past experience in two aspects of feeding. First, we com...

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Main Authors: Jineth Berrío-Martínez, Samuel Kaiser, Michelle Nowak, Rachel A. Page, Gerald G. Carter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7448.pdf