Production of chemical alarm cues in convict cichlids: The effects of diet, body condition and ontogeny

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 487-499

  Brown, Grant E ^a   Foam, Patricia E ^a   Cowell, Hilary E ^a   Fiore, Palestina Guevara ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BODY CONDITION; CHEMICAL CUE; CICHLID; DIET; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ACANTHOPTERYGII; ANOSTRACA; ARCHOCENTRUS; ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; ARTEMIA; CICHLIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUNIPHYSA; TUBIFEX; VERTEBRATA; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 3142635064     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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