Does habitat complexity influence the ability of fathead minnows to learn heterospecific chemical alarm cues?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 923-927

  Pollock, M S ^a   Chivers, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

HABITAT COMPLEXITY;

ECOLOGY;

ALARM SIGNAL; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COMPLEXITY; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEARNING; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; CULAEA INCONSTANS; CYPRINIFORMES; ESOX LUCIUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 0042071212     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-072     Document Type: Article

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