Effect of local spatial cues in small-scale orientation of flower bats

Toelch U, Stich KP, Gass CL, Winter Y (2008)
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 75(3): 913-920.

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Toelch, Ulf; Stich, Kai PetraUniBi; Gass, Clifton Lee; Winter, York
Abstract / Bemerkung
It is crucial for nectar-feeding animals to re-locate profitable flowers. However, neither flower shape nor colour signal the nectar content of a single flower. Such information can emerge only by an animal remembering experienced foraging profitability furthermore, this requires the ability to spatially discriminate between individual flowers of similar appearance, which appears to be demanding especially when multiple flowers of the same species are aggregated. In a study of the foraging behaviour of nectar-feeding bats, Glossophaga soricina, we investigated the effect of local echo acoustic cues that were spatially separated by at least 40 cm from the goal in a multiple goal-finding task. Increasing density of local spatial cues improved accuracy in re-locating rewarding feeders by helping bats identify profitable flowers on a small scale. (c) 2007 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Stichworte
long-tongued bat; pollinator; Pallas'; foraging; echo acoustic cues; Glossophaga soricina; spatial memory
Erscheinungsjahr
2008
Zeitschriftentitel
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
Band
75
Ausgabe
3
Seite(n)
913-920
ISSN
0003-3472
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/1592241

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Toelch U, Stich KP, Gass CL, Winter Y. Effect of local spatial cues in small-scale orientation of flower bats. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. 2008;75(3):913-920.
Toelch, U., Stich, K. P., Gass, C. L., & Winter, Y. (2008). Effect of local spatial cues in small-scale orientation of flower bats. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 75(3), 913-920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.011
Toelch, Ulf, Stich, Kai Petra, Gass, Clifton Lee, and Winter, York. 2008. “Effect of local spatial cues in small-scale orientation of flower bats”. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 75 (3): 913-920.
Toelch, U., Stich, K. P., Gass, C. L., and Winter, Y. (2008). Effect of local spatial cues in small-scale orientation of flower bats. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 75, 913-920.
Toelch, U., et al., 2008. Effect of local spatial cues in small-scale orientation of flower bats. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 75(3), p 913-920.
U. Toelch, et al., “Effect of local spatial cues in small-scale orientation of flower bats”, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, vol. 75, 2008, pp. 913-920.
Toelch, U., Stich, K.P., Gass, C.L., Winter, Y.: Effect of local spatial cues in small-scale orientation of flower bats. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. 75, 913-920 (2008).
Toelch, Ulf, Stich, Kai Petra, Gass, Clifton Lee, and Winter, York. “Effect of local spatial cues in small-scale orientation of flower bats”. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 75.3 (2008): 913-920.
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