6 - Host-Finding Behavior and Learning

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“learning”

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Question 2

how is learning distinguished from simpler sensory adaptation?

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Question 3

types of info learned by phytophagous insects

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Question 4

how do insects benefit from learning?

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Question 5

implications of insects’ limited memory?

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Question 6

Does learning evolve under natural selection?

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Question 7

Is there genetic variation among individuals in capacity to learn?

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Question 8

Does learning affect fitness?

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Question 9

habitualization

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Question 10

supposed benefits of habitualization

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Question 11

sensitization

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Question 12

benefits of sensitization?

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Question 13

induction of food preference?

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Question 14

‘starving to death at Lucullian banquets’

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induction of food preference.

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benefits of induction of food preference?

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Question 16

food aversion learning?

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Question 17

dietary self-selection

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Question 18

self-medication?

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Question 19

why and how might an insect perform dietary self-selection and self-medication?

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Question 20

how might habituation, sensitization, induction of food preference, dietary imbalance, etc confound lab experiments intended to assess an insect’s preference ( A > B ), or if an insect will or will not feed on any given plant?

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Question 21

Malaise Hypothesis

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