Size-assortative shoaling in fish: The effect of oddity on foraging behaviour

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 271-278

  Peuhkuri, Nina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Division of Population Biology   (Finland)

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GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0031214774     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0453     Document Type: Article

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