Subhabitat selection by foraging threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): Previous experience and social conformity

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-86

  Webster, Michael M ^a   Hart, Paul J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memory; Optimal foraging; Public information; Social conformity; Threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT SELECTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 33646481840     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0143-3     Document Type: Article

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