Diets and decisions: The potential use of food protein cues in dietary, sexual and social decisions by mosquitofish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 783-790

  Ward, Ashley J W ^a   Herbert Read, James E ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemosensory; Gambusia holbrooki; Mosquitofish; Pheromone; Sexual selection; Shoaling; Signal; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTIFICIAL DIET; CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; CYPRINID; DECISION MAKING; DIET; EUSOCIALITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROTEIN; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 80052737223     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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