Bat time stories [Elektronische Ressource] : decision-making in spatio-temporally predictable environments / vorgelegt von Ulf Tölch

1. Gutachter: P rof. D r. Y ork W inter2. Gutachter: P rof. D r. Ba rt K empenaersTag de r m ündlichen P rüfung: 31.03.2006Time is the measurable unit of movement concerning a before and an after.Aristotle If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow and which will not,Speak then to me. Act I, Sc. IIIBanquo in 'Macbeth' by William ShakespeareThere is surely no greater wisdom, than well to time the beginnings, and onsets, of things.Francis Bacon Table of Contents S ummary............................................................................................................................................ 5Cha pter 1 General introduction............................................................................................................ 9Cogni tion a nd E volution ............................................................................................................... 10Foraging on fl oral ne ctar 11Experimental subjects.................................................................................................................... 12A im of t his study............................................................................................................................ 12L iterature........................................................................................................................................