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Learning to distinguish between predators and non-predators: understanding the critical role of diet cues and predator odours in generalisation

It is critical for prey to recognise predators and distinguish predators from non-threatening species. Yet, we have little understanding of how prey develop effective predator recognition templates. Recent studies suggest that prey may actually learn key predator features which can be used to recogn...

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Autores principales: Mitchell, Matthew D., Chivers, Douglas P., McCormick, Mark I., Ferrari, Maud C.O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26358861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13918