Sensory compensation and the detection of predators: The interaction between chemical and visual information

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1443, 2000, Pages 571-575

  Hartman, Eric J ^a   Abrahams, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alarm substance; Predator detection; Sensory compensation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; COMPENSATION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 0034701317     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1039     Document Type: Article

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