Ontogenetic learning of predator recognition in hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1663-1671

  Hawkins, Lorraine A ^a   Magurran, Anne E ^a   Armstrong, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alarm substance; Atlantic salmon; classical conditioning; innate behaviour; life skills training; opercular rate; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHERY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INNATE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; ODOR; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR; REARING; RECOGNITION; SALMONID;

ANIMALIA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 42049120484     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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