Fathead minnows learn to recognize heterospecific alarm cues they detect in the diet of a known predator

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 1359-1369

  Mirza, Reehan S ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 0942280613     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903771980620     Document Type: Article

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