Conditioned alarm behavior in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) resulting from association of chemical alarm pheromone with a nonbiological visual stimulus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2677-2686

  Yunker, Warren K ^a   Wein, Dan E ^a   Wisenden, Brian D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Fathead minnow; Learned recognition of predation risk; Pimephales promelas; Red light; Schreckstoff

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PHEROMONE; VISUAL CUE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; RECOGNITION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIFORMES; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0032759288     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020843322518     Document Type: Article

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