Less is more: Density influences the development of behavioural life skills in trout

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1696, 2010, Pages 3035-3043

  Brockmark, S ^a   Adriaenssens, B ^a   Johnsson, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Density; Foraging; Hatchery supplementation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HATCHERY; POPULATION DENSITY; REARING; SALMONID; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77956914811     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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