Experience with predators shapes learning rules in larval amphibians

Adam L. Crane, Brandon S. Demuth and Maud C.O. Ferrari

Behavioral Ecology, 2017, vol. 28, issue 1, 312-318

Abstract: Lay Summary The timing and frequency of predator experience play an important role in learning to recognize risk from predators. Here, tadpoles displayed similar responses towards a predator odour after different numbers of learning opportunities within a short time period. However, when tadpoles were experienced with the predator from earlier in development, their antipredator responses were enhanced from multiple learning opportunities. Our results shed light on conflicting outcomes of previous studies and have implications for conservation programs.

Keywords: alarm cue learning; Lithobates sylvaticus; multiple conditionings; predator recognition learning; wood frogs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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