Cost/benefit analysis of group and solitary resting in the cowtail stingray, Pastinachus sephen

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 417-426

  Semeniuk, Christina A D ^a   Dill, Lawrence M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Facultative grouping; Group resting; Pastinachus sephen; Perceived predation risk; Stingrays

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; PASTINACHUS SEPHEN;

EID: 14644411103     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari005     Document Type: Article

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