Social context, competitive interactions and the dynamic nature of antipredator responses of juvenile rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 552-562

  Brown, G E ^a   Harvey, M C ^a   Leduc, A O H C ^b   Ferrari, M C O ^c   Chivers, D P ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical alarm cues; Predator avoidance; Social status; Threat sensitive trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE REACTION; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 70349316669     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02305.x     Document Type: Article

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