Chemical cues related to conspecific size in pintado catfish, Pseudoplatystoma coruscans

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-69

  Giaquinto, Percília Cardoso ^a   Volpato, Gilson Luiz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Behavior   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Decision making; Feeding behaviour; Predator prey system; Size

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOPLATYSTOMA CORUSCANS;

EID: 28844455650     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-005-0001-3     Document Type: Article

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