2024
DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.29.605243
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Consistent long-distance foraging flights across years and seasons at colony level in a Neotropical bat

María C. Calderón-Capote,
Mariëlle L. van Toor,
M. Teague O’Mara
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Abstract: All foraging animals face a trade-off: how much time should they invest in exploitation of known resources versus exploration to discover new resources? For group-living central place foragers, balancing these competing goals poses particular challenges. The availability of social information may discourage individuals from investing in risky, expensive but possibly rewarding exploration. We GPS-tracked groups of greater spear-nosed bats (Phyllostomus hastatus) from three colonies on Isla Colon in Panama. In t… Show more

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