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Defensive Behavior

Defensive Behavior is an adaptive behavioral response exhibited by an organism that functions to reduce the risk of predation or harm through actions such as fleeing, camouflage, mimicry, or the emission of noxious substances.

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Human Aggression

Craig A. Anderson, Brad J. Bushman · Annual Review of Psychology · 2002 · 3.6K citations

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Assessment strategy and the evolution of fighting behaviour

George A. Parker · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1974 · 2.1K citations

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SCARED TO DEATH? THE EFFECTS OF INTIMIDATION AND CONSUMPTION IN PREDATOR–PREY INTERACTIONS

Evan L. Preisser, Daniel I. Bolnick, Michael F. Benard · Ecology · 2005 · 1.8K citations

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Species-specific defense reactions and avoidance learning.

Robert C. Bolles · Psychological Review · 1970 · 1.6K citations

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Preventing the return of fear in humans using reconsolidation update mechanisms

Daniela Schiller, Marie‐H. Monfils, Candace M. Raio et al. · Nature · 2009 · 1.3K citations

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  1. RJ
    Robert J. Blanchard

    University of Hawaii System, United States

    69 publications · 7.9K citations

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  2. DC
    D. Caroline Blanchard

    University of Hawaii System, United States

    62 publications · 7K citations

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  3. DP
    Douglas P. Chivers

    University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    55 publications · 3.7K citations

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  4. GE
    G. E. Brown

    Concordia University, Canada

    48 publications · 2.6K citations

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    Maud C. O. Ferrari

    University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    38 publications · 2.3K citations

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  1. University of Hawaii System

    Honolulu, United States

    42 h-index

    181 publications

    17.2K citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    41 h-index

    135 publications

    13.1K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    39 h-index

    117 publications

    8.4K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    37 h-index

    176 publications

    10.4K citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    36 h-index

    158 publications

    9.1K citations

  6. University of Saskatchewan

    Saskatoon, Canada

    36 h-index

    144 publications

    7.9K citations

  7. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    35 h-index

    178 publications

    10.7K citations

  8. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    32 h-index

    99 publications

    9.8K citations

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  1. Animal Behaviour

    246 publications · 18.3K citations

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  3. Behavioral Ecology

    126 publications · 7.5K citations

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  4. Behaviour

    139 publications · 8.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

    125 publications · 7.7K citations

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