Do eastern mosquitofish exhibit anti-predator behavior towards red swamp crayfish?

Zoological Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 513-518

  Leite, Emília Pereira ^a   Anastácio, Pedro Manuel ^c   Ferreira, Margarida ^b   Vicente, Luís ^b   Correia, Alexandra Marçal ^a  

^a Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activity; Gambusia holbrooki; Predator avoidance; Procambarus clarkii; Space use

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 34248543607     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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