Olfactory Predator Recognition in Predator-Naïve Gray Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus murinus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-155

  Sündermann, Dina ^a   Scheumann, Marina ^a   Zimmermann, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

antipredator behavior; feces; innate; olfaction; primate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRIVE; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; ODOR; PREDATION; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHEIROGALEIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOLUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; INSTINCT; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMELL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 44449164567     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.2.146     Document Type: Article

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