An exception to the rule: Common vampire bats do not learn taste aversions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 385-389

  Ratcliffe, John M ^a,c   Fenton, M Brock ^a   Galef Jr , Bennett G ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037324514     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2059     Document Type: Article

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