Birds learn to use distastefulness as a signal of toxicity http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/subscriptions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1688, 2010, Pages 1729-1734

  Skelhorn, John ^a,b   Rowe, Candy ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Avian; Denatonium; Mimicry; Quinine; Toxin regulation

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; LEARNING; MIMICRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; QUININE; SIGNALING; TASTE; TOXIN; VISUAL CUE;

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 77953491508     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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