Social learning of escape routes in zebrafish and the stability of behavioural traditions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 827-834

  Lindeyer, Charlotte M ^a   Reader, Simon M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antipredator behaviour; Danio rerio; escape response; following; group size; route learning; social learning; social transmission; tradition; zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CYPRINID; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROUP SIZE; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 77949491618     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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