Food abundance affects both morphology and behaviour of juvenile perch

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-218

  Borcherding, J ^a   Magnhagen, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boldness; Nourishment; Perca fluviatilis; Population differences; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 43149106987     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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