Effects of temperature on anti-predator behaviour in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1361-1372

  Weetman, David ^a   Atkinson, David ^b   Chubb, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; GUPPY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0032078766     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0666     Document Type: Article

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