Generalists as sequential specialists: Diets and prey switching in juvenile silver perch

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-454

  Warburton, Kevin ^a   Retif, Simone ^a   Hume, Doug ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bidyanus bidyanus; Fish; Insectivory; Planktivory; Pond fertility

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREDATION; PREY DENSITY; PREY SWITCHING; SILVER PERCH;

EID: 0031920416     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007489100809     Document Type: Article

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