Gender-dependent effects of water quality and conspecific density on the feeding rate of fish - factors behind sexual growth dimorphism

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 855-861

  Horppila, Jukka ^a   Estlander, Satu ^a   Olin, Mikko ^a   Pihlajamäki, Jenna ^a   Vinni, Mika ^a   Nurminen, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CONSPECIFIC; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; PERCA;

EID: 79956281511     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19056.x     Document Type: Article

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