Social learning and acquired recognition of a predator by a marine fish

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 559-565

  Manassa, R P ^a   McCormick, M I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural mechanisms; Chemical cue; Coral reef fishes; Predation risk; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; ODOR; PERCIFORMES; PREDATION; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CUES; LEARNING; ODORS; PERCIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACANTHOCHROMIS POLYACANTHUS; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 84862610633     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0484-z     Document Type: Article

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