Tiger moths and the threat of bats: Decision-making based on the activity of a single sensory neuron

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 368-371

  Ratcliffe, John M ^a   Fullard, James H ^b   Arthur, Benjamin J ^c   Hoy, Ronald R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Cognitive ecology; Neuroethology; Sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BAT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MOTH; NEUROLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOUND INTENSITY;

APOCYNACEAE; ARCTIIDAE; CYCNIA TENERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUOIDEA;

EID: 67649094497     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0079     Document Type: Article

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