Friend or foe? The role of latent inhibition in predator and non-predator labelling by coral reef fishes

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 707-714

  Mitchell, Matthew D ^a   McCormick, Mark I ^a   Ferrari, Maud C O ^b   Chivers, Douglas P ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Latent inhibition; Learning; Predator recognition; Risk assessment; Threat sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; FISH; PREDATION; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CITRUS LIMON; PISCES; POMACENTRUS MOLUCCENSIS;

EID: 80052060387     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0405-6     Document Type: Article

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