The responses of prey fish to temporal variation in predation risk: Sensory habituation or risk assessment?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 532-536

  Ferrari, Maud C O ^a   Elvidge, Chris K ^b   Jackson, Christopher D ^b   Chivers, Douglas P ^a   Brown, Grant E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Foraging; Habituation; Risk allocation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; CICHLID; HABITUATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 77951138731     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq023     Document Type: Article

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