Influence of prey foraging posture on flight behavior and predation risk: Predators take advantage of unwary prey

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 264-271

  Krause, Jens ^a   Godin, Jean Guy J ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cichlid fish; fleering; foraging; foraging posture; guppy; poecilia reticulata; predation risk

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; FLIGHT INITIATION;

AEQUIDENS PULCHER; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0029663378     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.3.264     Document Type: Article

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