Social learning about predators: A review and prospectus

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-140

  Griffin, A S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIRD; COGNITION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; FOOD; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; REVIEW; SOCIAL LEARNING;

EID: 2342452509     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03196014     Document Type: Review

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