Boldness in two perch populations - long-term differences and the effect of predation pressure

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1311-1318

  Magnhagen, Carin ^a   Hellström, Gustav ^a   Borcherding, Jost ^b   Heynen, Martina ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural phenotype; Cannibalism; Perca fluviatilis; Risk taking; Size specific predation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANNIBALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FEEDING GROUND; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PERCID; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PERCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PERCHES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 84868205887     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02007.x     Document Type: Article

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