Making sense of predator scents: Investigating the sophistication of predator assessment abilities of fathead minnows

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 551-555

  Kusch, Robin C ^a   Mirza, Reehan S ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Predator assessment; Predator avoidance; Size; Threat sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CYPRINID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ODOR; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; ESOX; ESOX LUCIUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 1942445124     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0743-8     Document Type: Article

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