Sticklebacks benefit from closer predator inspection: An experimental test of risk assessment

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-259

  Haberli M A ^a,b   Aeschlimann, P B ^a,b   Milinski, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Foraging; Gasterosteus; Predation risk; Predator inspection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FISH; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DAPHNIA; ESOX LUCIUS; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 32644432183     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2005.9522595     Document Type: Article

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