Environmental conditions and intraspecific interference: Unexpected effects of turbidity on pike (Esox lucius) foraging

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Nilsson, P A ^a,b   Jacobsen, Lene ^b   Berg, Søren ^b   Skov, Christian ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATION; TELEOST; TROPHIC CASCADE; TURBIDITY;

ESOX LUCIUS;

EID: 58149083775     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01578.x     Document Type: Article

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