Diet-mediated social networks in shoaling fish

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 374-377

  Kleinhappel, Tanja K ^a   Burman, Oliver H P ^a   John, Elizabeth A ^a   Wilkinson, Anna ^a   Pike, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association preferences; Chemical cues; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Sticklebacks

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMICAL CUE; DIET; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATE; OLFACTORY CUE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELEOST; VISUAL CUE;

EID: 84898725472     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru006     Document Type: Article

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