Learned recognition of a novel odour by wild juvenile Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, under fully natural conditions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 471-477

  Leduc, Antoine O H C ^a   Roh, Ellie ^a   Breau, Cindy ^b   Brown, Grant E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

antipredator defence; Atlantic salmon; chemical ecology; damage released chemical alarm cues; odour recognition; predation avoidance learning; risk assessment; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMICAL CUE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; ODOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID;

CITRUS LIMON; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33847640651     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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