Flower bats (Glossophaga soricina) and fruit bats (Carollia perspicillata) rely on spatial cues over shapes and scents when relocating food

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Carter, Gerald G ^a   Ratcliffe, John M ^b   Galef, Bennett G ^c  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL DISULFIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BAT; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; LEARNING; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; ODOR; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTIBEUS; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; ODORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956295879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010808     Document Type: Article

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