Influence of body size on the responses of fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, to damselfly alarm cues

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 691-699

  Mirza, Reehan S ^a,b   Chivers, Douglas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL CUE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; COENAGRIONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYPRINIFORMES; ENALLAGMA; ENALLAGMA BOREALE; ODONATA; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; VERTEBRATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0042860003     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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