Risk-sensitive antipredator behavior in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3174-3185

  Botham, M S ^a,d   Hayward, R K ^a   Morrell, L J ^a   Croft, D P ^b   Ward, J R ^a   Ramnarine, I ^c   Krause, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Crenicichla; Guppy; Multiple predators; Poecilia reticulata; Predator recognition; Rivulus

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CICHLID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CARCINUS; CICHLIDAE; CRENICARA; CRENICICHLA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POECILIA RETICULATA; RIVULUS; RIVULUS HARTII;

EID: 63849218017     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0490.1     Document Type: Article

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