Predators use environmental cues to discriminate between prey

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1991-1997

  Hansen, Bo Terning ^a   Holen, Øistein Haugsten ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cognitive ecology; Contextual learning; Predator psychology; Prey preferences; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MICROHABITAT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PARUS MAJOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78449305039     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1010-4     Document Type: Article

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