Temporal variability, threat sensitivity and conflicting information about the nature of risk: understanding the dynamics of tadpole antipredator behaviour

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

antipredator behaviour; conflicting information; predation risk; predictability; Rana sylvatica; safety strategy; temporal learning; woodfrog tadpole

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; FROG; JUVENILE; PREDATION RISK; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 67349140921     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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