The evolution of chemical alarm signals: Attracting predators benefits alarm signal senders

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 649-659

  Chivers, Douglas P ^a,b   Brown, Grant E ^a   Smith, R Jan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CYPRINIFORMES; ESOX LUCIUS; MAMMALIA; OSTARIOPHYSAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PISCES;

ALARM SIGNAL; DISTRESS CALL; FATHEAD MINNOW; NORTHERN PIKE; PHEROMONE; PREDATOR ATTRACTION;

EID: 0029659934     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285945     Document Type: Article

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