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experience-independent mechanism

Scope: behavioral ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 69 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on experience-independent mechanism with 69 nodes and 182 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Marmota, Yellow-bellied Marmot, Colorado East River Valley.

Definition

Predator recognition abilities that do not require prior learning or experience with predators but are based on innate or genetically-determined responses

Related Terms (2)

experience-independentunlearned mechanism

Publications (3)

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

Do yellow-bellied marmots respond to predator vocalizations?

2008Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Olfactory predator discrimination abilities of yellow-bellied marmots <i>(Marmota flaviventris)</i>

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