Maternal predatorexposure has lifelong consequences for offspring learning in threespined sticklebacks

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 932-935

  Roche, Daniel P ^a   McGhee, Katie E ^a   Bell, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Colour association; Discrimination learning; Maternal effects; Maternal stress; Transgenerational plasticity

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; TELEOST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REWARD; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CALIFORNIA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REWARD; SMEGMAMORPHA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869853140     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0685     Document Type: Article

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