Cultural transmission of predator recognition in fishes: Intraspecific and interspecific learning

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 185-201

  Mathis, Alicia ^a,b   Chivers, Douglas P ^a   Smith, R Jan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOK STICKLEBACK; FATHEAD MINNOW; LEARNING; NORTHERN PIKE; PREDATOR RECOGNITION;

CULAEA INCONSTANS; ESOX LUCIUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0029669022     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0016     Document Type: Article

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