Do coral reef fish learn to avoid unpalatable prey using visual cues?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-347

  Miller, Andrew M ^a   Pawlik, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Bluehead wrasse; Chemical defence; Colour; Learning; Pattern; Predation; Thalassoma bifasciatum

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COLOR; CORAL REEF; LEARNING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PALATABILITY; PERCIFORM; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM; THALASSOMA LUCASANUM;

EID: 84873084783     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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