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