Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri): A missing link in the evolution of complementary side biases for predator avoidance and prey capture

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Lippolis, G ^a   Joss, J M P ^b   Rogers, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; C start response; Evolution; Feeding; Lateralization; Lungfish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LUNGFISH; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REACTION;

ANURA; AVES; CERATODONTIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67651215431     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000230674     Document Type: Article

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