Tadpole antipredator responses change over time: What is the role of learning and generalization

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1114-1121

  Chivers, Douglas P ^a   Ferrari, Maud C O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

antipredator behavior; forgetting; generalization; information use; learning; memory; temporal risk assessment; threat sensitive predator avoidance.

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CYPRINID; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84882386377     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art038     Document Type: Article

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