The speed with which individuals can learn to identify and react appropriately to predation
threats when transitioning to new life history stages and habitats will influence their survival.
This study investigated the role of chemical alarm cues in both anti-predator responses and
predator identification during a transitional period in a newly settled coral reef damselfish,
Pomacentrus amboinensis. Individuals were tested for changes in seven behavioural traits
in response to conspecific and heterospecific skin extracts. Additionally, we tested whether …