Variation along the shy-bold continuum in extremophile fishes (Poecilia mexicana, Poecilia sulphuraria)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1515-1526

  Riesch, Rüdiger ^a   Duwe, Virginia ^b   Herrmann, Nina ^b   Padur, Lisa ^b   Ramm, Annemarie ^b   Scharnweber, Kristin ^b   Schulte, Matthias ^b   Schulz Mirbach, Tanja ^c   Ziege, Madlen ^b   Plath, Martin ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boldness; Extremophiles; Hydrogen sulfide; Poeciliidae; Predator regimes

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HUNGER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PREDATION RISK; REARING; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; PISCES; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIA SULPHURARIA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 70349978488     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0780-z     Document Type: Article

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