Does the use of alternative food resources induce cannibalism in a size-structured fish population?

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-140

  Heermann, Lisa ^a   Scharf, Werner ^a   van der Velde, Gerard ^b,c   Borcherding, Jost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative feeding strategy; Diet shifts; Intracohort cannibalism; Perca fluviatilis; Specialisation; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; ODONATA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 84897656018     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12060     Document Type: Article

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