Fin-flicking behaviour: A visual antipredator alarm signal in a characin fish, Hemigrammus erythrozonus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 469-475

  Brown, Grant E ^a   Godin, Jean Guy J ^a   Pedersen, Jessica ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; PHEROMONE; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; CICHLASOMA; CICHLASOMA OCTOFACIATUM; CICHLIDAE; HEMIGRAMMUS ERYTHROZONUS; OSTARIOPHYSAN;

EID: 0032853860     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1173     Document Type: Article

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