Behavioral responses to fish kairomones and autotomy in a damselfly

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-83

  Gyssels, Freya ^a   Stoks, Robby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Autotomy; Damselfly; Ischnura elegans; Kairomones; Threat sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ISCHNURA ELEGANS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 32644479898     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-005-0165-3     Document Type: Article

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