The role of learning in the development of threat-sensitive predator avoidance by fathead minnows

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 777-784

  Ferrari, Maud C O ^a   Trowell, Jennifer J ^a   Brown, Grant E ^b   Chivers, Douglas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; FISH; LEARNING;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIFORMES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 26244434546     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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