Quantity discrimination in salamanders

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1822-1828

  Krusche, Paul ^a   Uller, Claudia ^b,c   Dicke, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian cognition; Numerosity; Plethodontid; Prey recognition; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; URODELA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; PLETHODON; PLETHODONTIDAE; PRIMATES; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 77952707677     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.039297     Document Type: Article

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