Diet-specific chemical cues influence association preferences and prey patch use in a shoaling fish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Webster, M M ^a   Adams, E L ^a   Laland, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chemical communication; diet choice; guppy; patch choice; Poecilia reticulata; shoal choice; social learning; social organization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DIET; HABITAT SELECTION; LEARNING; PATCH USE; PREY SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEOST;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; PISCES; POECILIA RETICULATA; TANICHTHYS ALBONUBES;

EID: 44949237010     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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