Effects of group size on the threat-sensitive response to varying concentrations of chemical alarm cues by juvenile convict cichlids

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Brown, Grant E ^a   Bongiorno, Tony ^a   DiCapua, Daniel M ^a   Ivan, Laura I ^a   Roh, Ellie ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; ECOLOGY; PLASTICITY; RISKS; WATER;

ANTIPREDATOR RESPONSES; JUVENILE CONVICT CICHLIDS; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE MODELS; THREAT-SENSITIVE RESPONSE;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

CICHLID; GROUP SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; PLASTICITY; PREDATION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS;

ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 33645967208     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-166     Document Type: Article

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