Functional equivalence in California sea lion: relevance to animal social and communicative interactions
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Learning of equivalence relations in a California sea lion, Rio, was investigated to determine if sea lions can transfer learned relationships from a matching-to-sample paradigm to a discrimination paradigm. Rio was able to transfer the discriminative function learned from one constituent of an equivalence class to the other constituents of that class. Results indicate that learning in this particular animal is through association. The implications of these results to social relations and communications among conspecifics are discussed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1998
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Honeybee navigation: odometry with monocular input
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The effect of monocular input on the ability of honeybees, Apis mellifera, to gauge distances is examined using bees trained to fly into a tunnel lined with textured patterns. Results reveal that distances can be estimated even when visual input is predominantly monocular, bees can learn two different distances measured via image motion experienced in different eyes and bees can gauge distances even when using a naive eye. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1998
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How mixed-species foraging flocks develop in response to benefits from observational learning
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The establishment of mixed-species foraging behavior based on observational learning in titmice was investigated through field experiments with great tit, Parus major, and marsh tit, P. palustris. Results reveal that if there is a distinction between successful and non-successful forager and the successful forager is of a different species from the observer, the observer is more likely to approach the successful forager even if it is not a conspecific.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1998
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