Size-assorted fish shoals and the majority's choice

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 307-312

  Peuhkuri, Nina ^a  

^a Division of Population Biology   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competition; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Oddity; Predation risk; Shoal choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006643616     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050624     Document Type: Article

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