Size-dependent predator-prey relationships between perch and their fish prey

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1021-1032

  Dorner H ^a,b   Wagner, A ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Perca; Predation; Predator size; Prey size

Indexed keywords

PISCIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; SIZE EFFECT;

BAUTZEN RESERVOIR; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY;

PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 2342478476     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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