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Foraging Bumblebees Selectively Attend to Other Types of Bees Based on Their Reward-Predictive Value.
Jose E. Romero-gonzálezJanne-tuomas SeppänenHadi MaboudiHadi MaboudiAmanda L. RoykaOlli J. LoukolaOlli J. LoukolaCwyn Solvisubject
0106 biological sciencesForagingselective attentionContext (language use)eläinten käyttäytyminen010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesArticle03 medical and health sciencesInformation providersinsectspölyttäjättarkkaavaisuuslcsh:Science030304 developmental biology0303 health sciencesbehavioral flexibilitybiologykimalaisetSocial cuebiology.organism_classificationSocial learningVisual appearancePredictive valuesosiaalinen oppiminensocial learningInsect ScienceBombus terrestrishyönteisetlcsh:QbeesCognitive psychologydescription
Using social information can be an efficient strategy for learning in a new environment while reducing the risks associated with trial-and-error learning. Whereas social information from conspecifics has long been assumed to be preferentially attended by animals, heterospecifics can also provide relevant information. Because different species may vary in their informative value, using heterospecific social information indiscriminately can be ineffective and even detrimental. Here, we evaluated how selective use of social information might arise at a proximate level in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) as a result of experience with demonstrators differing in their visual appearance and in their informative value as reward predictors. Bumblebees were first trained to discriminate rewarding from unrewarding flowers based on which type of &ldquo
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-13 | Insects |