Shoal composition determines foraging success in the guppy

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-171

  Dyer, John R G ^a   Croft, Darren P ^b   Morrell, Lesley J ^a   Krause, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral variation; Boldness; Foraging; Personality; Producer scrounger; Social environment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 58149250436     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn129     Document Type: Article

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