Learning threat-sensitive predator avoidance: how do fathead minnows incorporate conflicting information?
Article Abstract:
Experiments show that prey fish respond to predation threats using both predator cues and alarm cues, relying primarily on alarm cues to obtain new information regarding a given predator. Impacts and implications of conditioning are also discussed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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The role of learning in the development of threat-sensitive predator avoidance by fathead minnows
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The ability of predator-naive fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, to learn to recognize an unknown predator is investigated. The result showed that minnows learn to respond more intensely to predation cues associated with high risk.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2005
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The nose knows: minnows determine predator proximity and density through detection of predator odours
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Body odor detection mechanism used by fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, to determine density and proximity of pike predators is analyzed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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