Evading invaders: The effectiveness of a behavioral response acquired through lifetime exposure

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 659-664

  Freidenfelds, N A ^a   Robbins, T R ^a   Langkilde, T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antipredator behavior; encounter rates; fire ant; invasive; lizard; recruitment; Sceloporus undulatus; scout; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENCOUNTER RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL SELECTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

FORMICIDAE; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84859513914     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars011     Document Type: Article

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