Prey catching in the archer fish: Angles and probability of hitting an aerial target

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-105

  Timmermans, P J A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archer fish; Elevation angles; Pisces; Prey catching; Toxotes chatareus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FISH; PREY CAPTURE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PROBABILITY; VEGETATION; VISIBILITY;

EID: 0035882303     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(01)00172-3     Document Type: Article

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