Psychometric function for nectar volume perception of a flower-visiting bat

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-269

  Toelch, Ulf ^a,c   Winter, York ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2AFC; Bat; Discrimination; Food amount; Psychometric function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BAT; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BAYES THEOREM; CHIROPTERA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 33846619138     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0189-3     Document Type: Article

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