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Thomas C Ings1, Lars Chittka

  • 1Research Centre for Psychology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.

Current Biology : CB
|September 6, 2008
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Bumblebees learn to avoid cryptic predators by slowing inspection flights, but this increases false alarms on safe flowers. This predator-avoidance learning impacts foraging efficiency and risk assessment.

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