Dynamic changes in prey choice by stickleback during simultaneous encounter with large prey

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1317-1327

  Gill, A B ^a   Hart, P J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Feeding behaviour; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Prey choice; Simultaneous prey encounter

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PREY PREFERENCE;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0033392789     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.1130     Document Type: Article

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