Cultural learning of predator recognition in mixed-species assemblages of frogs: the effect of tutor-to-observer ratio

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1921-1925

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

boreal chorus frog; larval amphibians; learned predator recognition; mixed species assemblages; Pseudacris maculata; Rana sylvatica; social learning; tutor to observer ratio; woodfrog

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FROG; LARVA; LEARNING; PREDATOR; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PSEUDACRIS MACULATA; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 44349188038     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.10.037     Document Type: Article

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