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Statistically testing the role of individual learning and decision-making in trapline foraging

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  • Carolyn A Ayers
  • Paul R Armsworth
  • Berry J Brosi

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In a strategy known as traplining, foragers including bees, bats, and hummingbirds visit replenishing food sources in repeated patterns to decrease travel times. Few null models exist to test the statistical significance of traplines driven by memory and learning as opposed to patterns emerging from resource layouts and random movements. Our method, which tests empirical data against the behavior of computer simulated foragers, is a powerful tool for testing hypotheses related to inherently spatial processes.

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  • Carolyn A Ayers & Paul R Armsworth & Berry J Brosi, 2018. "Statistically testing the role of individual learning and decision-making in trapline foraging," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(4), pages 885-893.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:4:p:885-893.
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