Predator Inspection Behaviour in a Characin Fish: An Interaction between Chemical and Visual Information?

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 739-750

  Brown, Grant E ^a   Magnavacca, Gaelle ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VISUAL CUE;

ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE; HEMIGRAMMUS ERYTHROZONUS; OSTARIOPHYSAN; PISCES; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 0141615607     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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