Heads up: Juvenile convict cichlids switch to threat-sensitive foraging tactics based on chemosensory information

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 601-607

  Foam, Patricia E ^a   Harvey, Mark C ^a   Mirza, Reehan S ^a   Brown, Grant E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CICHLID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; TRADE-OFF;

ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 33644515655     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.12.011     Document Type: Article

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