Conspecific and heterospecific alarm substance induces behavioral responses in piau fish Leporinus piau

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-126

  Júnior, Augusto Barbosa ^b   Magalhães, Elisângela Jaqueline ^a   Hoffmann, Anette ^b   Ide, Liliam Midori ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alarm reaction; Club cells; Conspecific and heterospecific skin extract; Leporinus piau; Schooling; Threat sensitive predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LEPORINUS; OSTARIOPHYSAN; OSTARIOPHYSI;

EID: 77958046725     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-010-0081-6     Document Type: Article

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