Antipredator behaviour of naïve Arctic charr young in the presence of predator odours and conspecific alarm cues

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-85

  Lautala, T ^a   Hirvonen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alarm cues; Antipredator behaviour; Arctic charr; Predator odour; Risk assessment; Salvelinus alpinus

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 38549118303     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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