Parental care in response to natural variation in nest predation pressure in six sunfish (Centrarchidae: Teleostei) species

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 628-638

  Cooke, S J ^a,b   Weatherhead, P J ^b,c   Wahl, D H ^b,c   Philipp, D P ^b,c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Parental care; Predation; Sunfish; Videography

Indexed keywords

CENTRARCHIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 55949110535     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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