Flow regime affects building behaviour and nest structure in sticklebacks

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1927-1935

  Rushbrook, Ben J ^a   Head, Megan L ^b   Katsiadaki, Ioanna ^c   Barber, Iain ^a,b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal construction; Nest building; Phenotypic plasticity; Spiggin; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FITNESS; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NEST SITE; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 78449291632     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1003-3     Document Type: Article

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