Male-female interactions affect foraging behaviour within groups of small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1435-1440

  Kimber, Joel A ^a,b   Sims, David W ^b,c   Bellamy, Patricia H ^a   Gill, Andrew B ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

avoidance; conflict; elasmobranch; electroreception; harassment; refuging; Scyliorhinus canicula; segregation; sex; small spotted catshark

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BENTHOS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; REFUGE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SHARK;

SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA;

EID: 67349277777     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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