Effects of experience and risk of predation on the foraging behaviour of the South-eastern Pacific muricid Concholepas concholepas (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 876-883

  Serra, Gianluca ^a   Chelazzi, Guido ^a   Castilla, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Behavioural trade off; Diet selection; Foraging behaviour; Handling time; Predation risk; Prey profitability

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREY HANDLING; PREY-SIZE SELECTION;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; CONCHOLEPAS CONCHOLEPAS; GASTROPODA; GASTROPODAS; GASTROPODAS CONCHOLEPAS; MEYENASTER; MEYENASTER GELATINOSUS; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; PERUMYTILUS; PERUMYTILUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0030733458     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/6003     Document Type: Article

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