Female guppies shorten brood retention in response to predator cues

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 719-727

  Evans, Jonathan P ^a   Gasparini, Clelia ^b   Pilastro, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brood development; Gestation; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD REARING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FEMALE; FISH; PREDATION RISK; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 33847630442     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0302-1     Document Type: Article

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