title: Decision-Making: Are Plants More Rational than Animals?
abstract: A new study presents a novel experimental design and allows a test of risk sensitivity in plants. Faced with a choice between constant and variable resource supply, they make a rational decision for the option that maximizes fitness, a fact rarely observed in animals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: bernhard.schmid@ieu.uzh.ch.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D007858:Learning