Innate antipredator responses of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) depend on predator species and their diet

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Vilhunen, Sampsa ^a   Hirvonen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Chemical cue; Innate response; Predator diet; Salvelinus alpinus

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; DIET; HATCHERY; INNATE BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID;

SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; STIZOSTEDION; STIZOSTEDION LUCIOPERCA; THYMALLUS THYMALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242574331     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0670-8     Document Type: Article

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