UV matters in shoaling decisions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1588, 2006, Pages 849-854

  Modarressie, Ricarda ^a   Rick, Ingolf P ^a   Bakker, Theo C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Luminance; Shoaling preference; Three spined stickleback; Ultraviolet; UV vision

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LUMINESCENCE; OLFACTORY CUE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; TELEOST; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FISH; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; HABITAT SELECTION; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GERMANY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GERMANY; POPULATION DENSITY; SMEGMAMORPHA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33745267683     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3397     Document Type: Article

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