Crayfish learning abilities: How does familiarization period affect the capture rate of a new prey item?

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Ramalho, Ricardo Oliveira ^a   Anastácio, Pedro Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chaoborus sp. larvae; Crustacean learning; Learning coefficient; Predation success; Procambarus clarkii

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRAYFISH; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; LEARNING; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; PREY CAPTURE;

ASTACOIDEA; CHAOBORUS; CRUSTACEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 78751575604     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0754-7     Document Type: Article

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