Avoidance of aposematic prey in European tits (Paridae): Learned or innate?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 148-156

  Exnerová, Alice ^a   Štys, Pavel ^a   Fučíková, Eva ^a,d   Veselá, Silvie ^b   Svádová, Kateřina ^a   Prokopová, Milena ^b   Jarošík, Vojtěch ^a,c   Fuchs, Roman ^a,b   Landová, Eva ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aposematism; European Paridae; Innate avoidance; Learning; Neophobia; Pyrrhocoris apterus

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIRD; INNATE BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LEARNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; HETEROPTERA; PARIDAE; PARUS MONTANUS; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS; SALIX;

EID: 33845882221     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl061     Document Type: Article

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