Performance level and efficiency of two differing predator-avoidance strategies depend on nutritional state of the prey fish

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1735-1742

  Huckstorf, Volker ^a   Lewin, Wolf Christian ^a   Mehner, Thomas ^a   Wolter, Christian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pikeperch; Refuge use; Roach; Rutilus rutilus; Sander lucioperca; Shoaling

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CYPRINID; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT USE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPEN WATER; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REFUGE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHOALING WAVE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SANDER LUCIOPERCA;

EID: 77952670283     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0790-x     Document Type: Article

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