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

Carolyn A Ayers, Paul R Armsworth and Berry J Brosi

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 4, 885-893

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Bombus; forager movement; hypothesis testing; individual-based model; null model; traplining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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