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Predator-recognition training: a conservation strategy to increase postrelease survival of hellbenders in
1Department of Biology, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri 65897, USA.
Zoo Biology
|December 8, 2011
Summary
Head-starting programs for hellbenders can be improved by training young salamanders to recognize trout as predators. This classical conditioning helps reduce post-release predation, boosting conservation efforts for declining hellbender populations.
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