Divergent Behavior Amid Convergent Evolution: A Case of Four Desert Rodents Learning to Respond to Known and Novel Vipers
S. S. Bleicher, B. P. Kotelr, O. Shalev, A. Dixon, K. Embar, J. S. Brown
The paper studies how four desert rodents from two deserts respond to known and novel vipers, finding that post-exposure, all rodents perceived the heat-sensing sidewinder rattlesnake as a greater risk.
bioRxiv · Jul 4, 2018Ecology