Size-dependent predation in piscivores: Interactions between predator foraging and prey avoidance abilities

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1285-1292

  Lundvall, David ^a   Svanbäck, Richard ^a   Persson, Lennart ^a   Byström, Pär ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 0033322323     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-058     Document Type: Article

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