Risk-sensitive foraging by juvenile signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1693-1697

  Bondar, C A ^a   Zeron, K ^a   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUTRITION; RISK ANALYSIS;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE CRAYFISH; OMNIVORES;

FISH;

CARNIVORE; CONSPECIFIC; CRAYFISH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; JUVENILE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREDATOR; SALMONID;

ASTACOIDEA; CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33947217249     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-161     Document Type: Article

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