Phenotypically plastic neophobia: A response to variable predation risk

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1756, 2013, Pages

  Brown, Grant E ^a   Ferrari, Maud C O ^b   Elvidge, Chris K ^a   Ramnarine, Indar ^c   Chivers, Douglas P ^d  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experience; Innate recognition; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator recognition; Predator voidance; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FISH; INNATE BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84878366594     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2712     Document Type: Article

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