Antipredator behavior and cue recognition by multiple Everglades prey to a novel cichlid predator

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 795-823

  Dunlop Hayden, K L ^a   Rehage, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antipredator behaviour; cues; fish; non native; predation

Indexed keywords

CHAENOBRYTTUS; CICHLIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; HEMICHROMIS; HEMICHROMIS BIMACULATUS; JORDANELLA; PALAEMONETES PALUDOSUS; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PISCES;

EID: 84856352464     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579511X577256     Document Type: Article

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