Shoaling fish can size-assort by chemical cues alone

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 667-673

  Ward, Ashley J W ^a   Currie, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Schooling; Sensory ecology; Shoaling; Sociality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; EUSOCIALITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; OLFACTION; PHENOTYPE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIZE STRUCTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS DIAPHANUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PISCES;

EID: 84874931437     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1486-9     Document Type: Article

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