Predator-inspection behaviour in female three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus is associated with status of gravidity

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2143-2153

  Frommen, J G ^a,b   Mehlis, M ^b   Bakker, T C M ^b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boldness; Fish; Gravidity; Inspection behaviour; Predation risk; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; REPRODUCTION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; MALE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; REPRODUCTION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 72549099748     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02408.x     Document Type: Article

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