Is there a fish alarm cue? Affirming evidence from a wild study

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-67

  Wisenden, Brian D ^a,b   Vollbrecht, Keith A ^a   Brown, Jason L ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Biology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FISH;

CHARACIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; HEMIGRAMMUS; HEMIGRAMMUS ERYTHROZONUS; NOTROPIS; NOTROPIS HETEROLEPIS; OSTARIOPHYSI; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS;

EID: 1142306115     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.02.010     Document Type: Article

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