Effect of hunger on the response to, and the production of, chemical alarm cues in a coral reef fish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1973-1980

  McCormick, Mark I ^a   Larson, Johan K ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

alarm cue; Asterropteryx semipunctatus; chemical stimulus; foraging; goby; predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMICAL CUE; CORAL REEF; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUNGER; PERCIFORM;

ANTHOZOA; ASTERROPTERYX SEMIPUNCTATUS; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE;

EID: 44349136220     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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