Fishless-stream mayflies express behavioural flexibility in response to predatory fish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1391-1399

  Tikkanen, Pertti ^a   Muotka, Timo ^b   Huhta, Arto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOUR; MAYFLY;

BAETIS RHODANI; EPHEMEROPTERA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS;

EID: 0030153423     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0142     Document Type: Article

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