Learned recognition of heterospecific alarm cues enhances survival during encounters with predators

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 929-938

  Chivers, Douglas P ^a   Mirza, Reehan S ^a   Johnston, Jeffery G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alarm cues; Chemical cues; Fathead minnows; Learning; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036629538     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853902320387909     Document Type: Article

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