Predator recognition and anti-predator responses in the rainbowfish Melanotaenia eachamensis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-68

  Brown, C ^a   Warburton, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat complexity; Melantaenidae; Predators; Rainbowfish; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; PREDATOR RECOGNITION; RAINBOWFISH;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

MELANOTAENIA EACHAMENSIS;

EID: 0030859992     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050364     Document Type: Article

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