Fast learning in free-foraging bumble bees is negatively correlated with lifetime resource collection

Abstract Despite widespread interest in the potential adaptive value of individual differences in cognition, few studies have attempted to address the question of how variation in learning and memory impacts their performance in natural environments. Using a novel split-colony experimental design we...

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Main Authors: Lisa J. Evans, Karen E. Smith, Nigel E. Raine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00389-0