The social organization of free-ranging fish shoals

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 546-554

  Hoare, Daniel J ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b   Godin, Jean Guy J ^c   Krause, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS DIAPHANUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PISCES;

EID: 0034075733     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890314.x     Document Type: Article

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