Learning rate and temperament in a high predation risk environment

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 661-667

  DePasquale, C ^a,b   Wagner, T ^b   Archard, G A ^b,c   Ferguson, B ^b   Braithwaite, V A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Boldness; Conditioning; Predation pressure; Temperament

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CYPRINID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYRHAPHIS EPISCOPI;

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALS; CUES; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LEARNING; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84919355154     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3099-z     Document Type: Article

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