Linking learning adaptation to trophic interactions: A brain size-based approach

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Kondoh, Michio ^a,b  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti predator defence; Body size; Cognition; Diet choice; Food web; Foraging adaptation; Prey predator interaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMATE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 73949091125     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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