Size-assortative schooling in free-ranging sticklebacks

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 318-324

  Peuhkuri, Nina ^a   Ranta, Esa ^b   Seppä, Perttu ^b  

^a Division of Population Biology   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHOOLING; SIZE-ASSORTATIVE SCHOOLING; THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0030617120     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00021.x     Document Type: Article

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