The dynamic nature of antipredator behavior: Prey fish integrate threat-sensitive antipredator responses within background levels of predation risk

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-16

  Brown, Grant E ^a   Rive, Alix C ^a   Ferrari, Maud C O ^b   Chivers, Douglas P ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Predation risk; Temporal variability; Threat sensitive predator avoidance hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CICHLID; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RISK PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 33749430535     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0232-y     Document Type: Article

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