Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Dabney Hall, 1416 Circle Dr., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; Department of Psychology, Austin Peay, 1404 Circle Dr., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; Department of Integrative Biology, 2415 Speedway, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Department of Biology, 1664 North Virginia St, Mailstop 314, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Nov;39(11):1047-1058. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.06.008. Epub 2024 Jul 16.
The cognitive ecology of pollination is most often studied using simple rewards, yet flowers often contain multiple types of chemically complex rewards, each varying along multiple dimensions of quality. In this review we highlight ways in which reward complexity can impact pollinator cognition, demonstrating the need to consider ecologically realistic rewards to fully understand plant-pollinator interactions. We show that pollinators' reward preferences can be modulated by reward chemistry and the collection of multiple reward types. We also discuss how reward complexity can mediate pollinator learning through a variety of mechanisms, both with and without reward preference being altered. Finally, we show how an understanding of decision-making strategies is necessary to predict how pollinators' evaluation of reward options depends on the other options available.
授粉的认知生态学通常使用简单的奖励来研究，但花朵通常含有多种化学上复杂的奖励，每种奖励在多个质量维度上都有所不同。在这篇综述中，我们强调了奖励复杂性如何影响传粉者的认知，并表明需要考虑生态上现实的奖励，以充分理解植物-传粉者的相互作用。我们表明，传粉者的奖励偏好可以通过奖励化学和多种奖励类型的收集来调节。我们还讨论了奖励复杂性如何通过各种机制来调节传粉者的学习，包括在奖励偏好改变和不改变的情况下。最后，我们展示了如何理解决策策略是必要的，以预测传粉者对奖励选择的评估如何取决于其他可用的选择。
