Is there safety-in-numbers for prey?

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 527-532

  Connell, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MORTALITY; PREDATION; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR;

ACANTHOCHROMIS POLYACANTHUS;

EID: 0034060049     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880308.x     Document Type: Article

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