Morphology in perch affects habitat specific feeding efficiency

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 503-510

  Svanback R ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attack behaviour; Foraging efficiency; Search behaviour; Trade offs; Trophic polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MORPHOLOGY;

PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 4043055808     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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