Distance to neighbours influences the trade-off between hiding after disturbance and defending food patches in convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 530-538

  Hamilton, Ian M ^a,b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Archocentrus nigrofasciatus (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum); Dominance; Predation risk; Resource defence

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; TERRITORIALITY; TRADE-OFF;

ARCHOCENTRUS; ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLASOMA; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 6344282922     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0822-5     Document Type: Article

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