Response to conspecific and heterospecific alarm cues by pumpkinseeds in simple and complex habitats: Field verification of an ontogenetic shift

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1073-1081

  Golub, J L ^a   Vermette, V ^a   Brown, G E ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Centrarchids; Chemical alarm cues; Foraging cues; Ontogenetic shifts; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; OSTARIOPHYSAN; PERCIFORMES; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 17244375404     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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