Conspecific familiarity and shoaling preferences in a wild guppy population

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1899-1904

  Godin, Jean Guy J ^a,c   Alfieri, Michael S ^a,d   Hoare, Daniel J ^b,f   Sadowski, Jennifer A ^a,e  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VITERBO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

PREDATION; SHOALING PREFERENCES;

BIODIVERSITY;

FAMILIARITY; FISH; GROUP BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; PISCES; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 1342311366     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-186     Document Type: Article

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