Threat-sensitive learning of predators by larval mosquitoes Culex restuans

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1079-1083

  Ferrari, Maud C O ^a   Messier, François ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alarm cues; Culex restuans; Novel predators; Predator cues; Threat sensitive learning

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOSQUITO; PREDATION RISK; RECOGNITION;

CULEX RESTUANS; INVERTEBRATA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 42449094601     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0535-7     Document Type: Article

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