Spatial learning as an adaptation in hummingbirds

Susan Cole; F. Reed Hainsworth; Alan C. Kamil; Terre Mercier; Larry L. Wolf

doi:10.1126/science.217.4560.655

Spatial learning as an adaptation in hummingbirds

Susan Cole, F. Reed Hainsworth, Alan C. Kamil, Terre Mercier, Larry L. Wolf

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An ecological approach based on food distribution suggests that hummingbirds should more easily learn to visit a flower in a new location than to learn to return to a flower in a position just visited, for a food reward. Experimental results support this hypothesis as well as the general view that differences in learning within and among species represent adaptations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	655-657
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	217
Issue number	4560
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.217.4560.655
State	Published - 1982
Externally published	Yes

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