Assessment of predation risk by juvenile yellow perch, Perca flavescens: Responses to alarm cues from conspecifics and prey guild members

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-327

  Mirza, Reehan S ^a   Fisher, Sheri A ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Chemical cue; Fright response; Heterospecific; Percidae; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; INJURY; PERCID; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANHINGIDAE; ETHEOSTOMA; ETHEOSTOMA EXILE; NOTROPIS; NOTROPIS HUDSONIUS; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PERCIDAE; PISCES; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 0038345908     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023966320018     Document Type: Article

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