The characterization and modelling of antipredator defensive behavior

• Published in: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 463
• Main Authors: Blanchard, R J, Blanchard, D C, Rodgers, J, Weiss, S M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 1990
• Subjects: Aggression - physiology; Animals; Defense Mechanisms; Humans; Models, Psychological

The mammalian behavioral antipredator defense systems have been characterized in terms of reactions to present, localizable, threat stimuli: Analysis of the relationship between features of the predator and the environment, and specific defensive behaviors indicates that the latter can be predicted...