Cannibalism in Arctic charr: Do all individuals have the same propensity to be cannibals?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 957-965

  Svenning, M A ^a   Borgstrom R ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Food specialization; Laboratory v. natural; Piscivorous training; Piscivory; Salvelinus alpinus

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PISCIVORY;

PISCES; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 17244372246     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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