Effects of relaxed predation pressure on visual predator recognition in the guppy

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-232

  Kelley, Jennifer L ^a,b   Magurran, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti predator; Heritable; Learning; Poecilia reticulata; Population differences

Indexed keywords

FISH; LEARNING; PREDATION; PREDATOR; RECOGNITION;

AEQUIDENS PULCHER; CRENICICHLA ALTA; POECILIA RETICULATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0042476335     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0621-4     Document Type: Article

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