The cost of aggregation: Juvenile salmon avoid sharing winter refuges with siblings

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 602-606

  Griffiths, Siân W ^a,b   Armstrong, John D ^b   Metcalfe, Neil B ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Kin avoidance; Kin selection; Nocturnal sheltering behavior; Salmo salar; Winter refugia

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE REACTION; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; SALMONID; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0142095029     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg050     Document Type: Article

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