A Comparison of Measures of Boldness and Their Relationships to Survival in Young Fish

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  White, James R ^a   Meekan, Mark G ^b   McCormick, Mark I ^a   Ferrari, Maud C O ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POMACENTRUS MOLUCCENSIS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SURVIVAL; THREAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; FISHES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84880461516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068900     Document Type: Article

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