A note on alarm cues in juvenile African catfish, Clarias gariepinus Burchell: Indications for opposing behavioural strategies

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 270-275

  van de Nieuwegiessen, Pascal G ^a   Schrama, Johan W ^a   Verreth, Johan A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African catfish; Alarm cue; Behaviour; Feed efficiency; Individual variation

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 46849084998     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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