The effects of density on the learned recognition of heterospecific alarm cues

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 341-349

  Pollock, Michael S ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; LEARNING; PREDATION RISK; RECOGNITION;

CULAEA INCONSTANS; CYPRINIFORMES; ESOX; ESOX LUCIUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 2542588630     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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