The effects of habitat- and diet-based cues on association preferences in three-spined sticklebacks

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 925-929

  Ward, Ashley J W ^a   Hart, Paul J B ^a   Krause, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Diet; Habitat; Three spined stickleback

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; DIET; FAMILIARITY; FISH; HABITAT; RECOGNITION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8144226479     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh097     Document Type: Article

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