Degrading habitats and the effect of topographic complexity on risk assessment

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4221-4229

  McCormick, Mark I ^a   Löonnstedt, Oona M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical alarm cue; Coral reef fish; Disturbance; Olfactory cues; Predator recognition; Sensory compensation; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 84887933883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.793     Document Type: Article

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