Predators' Toxin Burdens Influence Their Strategic Decisions to Eat Toxic Prey

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1479-1483

  Skelhorn, John ^a   Rowe, Candy ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

DENATONIUM BENZOATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; QUININE; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY BURDEN; COLOR; DECISION MAKING; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STARLING; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BODY BURDEN; COLOR; DECISION MAKING; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; QUININE; STARLINGS; TENEBRIO; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 34548354729     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.07.064     Document Type: Article

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