Individual variation in foraging behavior reveals a trade-off between flexibility and performance of a top predator

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1711-1722

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

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

Author keywords

Color association discrimination; Color bias; Esox lucius; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Predator prey; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDATION; PREDATOR; TELEOST; TRADE-OFF;

ESOCIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84927749181     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1779-7     Document Type: Article

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