Are all signals the same? Ontogenetic change in the response to conspecific and heterospecific chemical alarm signals by juvenile green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-118

  Golub, Justin L ^a   Brown, Grant E ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical alarm signals; Juvenile green sunfish; Largemouth bass; Prey guilds; Threat sensitive trade offs

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PHOXINUS; PHOXINUS NEOGAEUS; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERI; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 0038487022     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0629-9     Document Type: Article

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