Response of pumpkinseed sunfish to conspecific chemical alarm cues: An interaction between ontogeny and stimulus concentration

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1671-1677

  Marcus, Jason P ^a   Brown, Grant E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

PREDATORS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ALARM SIGNAL; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; FISH; ONTOGENY;

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS;

EID: 0345832091     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-165     Document Type: Article

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