The dynamics of social learning in an insect model, the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
The dynamics of social learning in an insect model, the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
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DOI：
10.1007/s00265-007-0412-4
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Chittka, Lars
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作者：
Leadbeater, Ellouise;Chittka, Lars
熊蜂（熊蜂terrestris）被吸引到那些特定的花序，其他蜜蜂已经觅食，一个过程被称为本地增强。在这里，我们使用定量分析的学习觅食任务来说明，这种吸引力可以导致蜜蜂更快地了解哪些花种是有益的，如果他们在公司有经验的同类饲料。这种效应也可以由模型蜜蜂而不是活的示范者引起。我们还表明，在熊蜂的本地增强最有可能反映了一般的吸引力同种，不限于觅食的情况下。在无脊椎动物的本地增强和联想学习的广泛发生的基础上，我们认为，在这组学习的社会影响可能比目前的文献会建议，无脊椎动物可能提供一个有用的模型，了解如何学习过程的基础上社会信息的演变。
Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) are attracted to those particular inflorescences where other bees are already foraging, a process known as local enhancement. Here, we use a quantitative analysis of learning in a foraging task to illustrate that this attraction can lead bees to learn more quickly which flower species are rewarding if they forage in the company of experienced conspecifics. This effect can also be elicited by model bees, rather than live demonstrators. We also show that local enhancement in bumblebees most likely reflects a general attraction to conspecifics that is not limited to a foraging context. Based on the widespread occurrence of both local enhancement and associative learning in the invertebrates, we suggest that social influences on learning in this group may be more common than the current literature would suggest and that invertebrates may provide a useful model for understanding how learning processes based on social information evolve.