Aversive and non-reward learning in the fire-bellied toad using familiar and unfamiliar prey stimuli

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 709-716

  Dicke, Ursula ^a   Heidorn, Antje ^a   Roth, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bombina orientalis; Food preference; Negative conditioning; Response extinction

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA BOMBINA; BOMBINA ORIENTALIS; GRYLLIDAE;

EID: 80055107416     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.6.709     Document Type: Article

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