Water temperature influences the shoaling decisions of guppies, Poecilia reticulata, under predation threat

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 735-741

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FISH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; PISCES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0032865330     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1191     Document Type: Article

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