Antipredator behaviour and suppressed aggression by convict cichlids in response to injury-released chemical cues of conspecifics but not to those of an allopatric heterospecific

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 283-291

  Wisenden, Brian D ^a   Sargent, R Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALARM PHEROMONE; ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; CHEMICAL CUE; CONVICT CICHLID; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE;

CICHLASOMA NIGROFASCIATUM; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS;

EID: 0030617124     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00018.x     Document Type: Article

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