Dine or dash?: Ontogenetic shift in the response of yellow perch to conspecific alarm cues

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-352

  Harvey, Mark C ^a   Brown, Grant E ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

chemical signals; feeding; largemouth bass; predator prey; threat sensitive trade offs

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

INVERTEBRATA; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 3142531297     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000035432.12313.87     Document Type: Article

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