Shoal composition, body size and foraging in sticklebacks

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 333-337

  Peuhkuri, Nina ^a  

^a Division of Population Biology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Body size; Foraging; Oddity; Shoaling; Threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031655403     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050499     Document Type: Article

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