Visual prey detection by near-infrared cues in a fish

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1063-1066

  Meuthen, Denis ^a   Rick, Ingolf P ^a   Thünken, Timo ^a   Baldauf, Sebastian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Near infrared sensitivity; Pelvicachromis taeniatus; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CICHLID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NEAR INFRARED; PERCEPTION; PREY LOCATION; REFLECTIVITY; VISION; VISUAL CUE; WAVELENGTH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CICHLID; FEMALE; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; CUES; FEMALE; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; PELVICACHROMIS TAENIATUS;

EID: 84871497903     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0980-7     Document Type: Article

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