The evolution of learning - bumblebees as a model

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Research output per year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2012

• 15 Article
• 1 Chapter

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• 2012

  No trade-off between learning speed and associative flexibility in bumblebees: a reversal learning test with multiple colonies

  Raine, N. E. & Chittka, L., 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 9, e45096.

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• 2009

  A population comparison of the strength and persistence of innate colour preference and learning speed in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

  Ings, T. C., Raine, N. E. & Chittka, L., 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 63, 8, p. 1207-1218 12 p.

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• Lifetime reproductive success and longevity of queens in an annual social insect

  Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Raine, N. E., Koning, J. W., Brown, R., Pereboom, Z., Ings, T., Ramos-Rodriguez, O., Jordan, W. & Bourke, A., 2009, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22, p. 983-996

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• No evidence for an evolutionary trade-off between learning and immunity in a social insect

  Alghamdi, A., Raine, N. E., Rosato, E. & Mallon, E. B., 2009, In: Biology Letters. 5, p. 55-57 3 p.

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• 2008

  The correlation of learning speed and natural foraging success in bumble-bees

  Raine, N. E. & Chittka, L., 7 Apr 2008, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences. 275, 1636, p. 803-808 6 p.

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• 2007

  Flower constancy and memory dynamics in bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)

  Raine, N. E. & Chittka, L., 2007, In: Entomologia Generalis. 29, 2-4, p. 179-199 21 p.

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• Pollen foraging: learning a complex motor skill by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

  Raine, N. E. & Chittka, L., 2007, In: Naturwissenschaften. 94, 6, p. 459-464 6 p.

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• The adaptive significance of sensory bias in a foraging context: floral colour preferences in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

  Raine, N. E. & Chittka, L., 2007, In: PLoS ONE. 2, 6, p. e556. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000556

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• 2006

  Adaptation, genetic drift, pleiotropy, and history in the evolution of bee foraging behavior

  Raine, N. E., Ings, T. C., Dornhaus, A., Saleh, N. & Chittka, L., 2006, In: Advances in the Study of Behavior. 36, p. 305-354 50 p.

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• Intercolony variation in learning performance of a wild British bumblebee population (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris audax)

  Raine, N. E., Ings, T. C., Ramos-Rodríguez, O. & Chittka, L., 2006, In: Entomologia Generalis. 28, 4, p. 241-256 16 p.

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• Recognition of flowers by pollinators

  Chittka, L. & Raine, N. E., 2006, In: Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 9, 4, p. 428-435 8 p.

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• 2005

  Colour preferences in relation to the foraging performance and fitness of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

  Raine, N. E. & Chittka, L., 2005, In: Uludag Bee Journal. 5, 4, p. 145-150 6 p.

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• Comparison of flower constancy and foraging performance in three bumblebee species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)

  Raine, N. E. & Chittka, L., 2005, In: Entomologia Generalis. 28, 2, p. 81-89 9 p.

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• Mating preference in the commercially imported bumblebee species Bombus terrestris in Britain (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

  Ings, T. C., Raine, N. E. & Chittka, L., 2005, In: Entomologia Generalis. 28, 3, p. 233-238 6 p.

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• 2004

  Chance and adaptation in the evolution of island bumblebee behaviour

  Chittka, L., Ings, T. C. & Raine, N. E., 2004, In: Population Ecology. 46, 3, p. 243-251 9 p.

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