Habitat degradation is threatening reef replenishment by making fish fearless

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1178-1185

  Lönnstedt, Oona M ^a   Mccormick, Mark I ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^b   Ferrari, Maud C O ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alarm cues; Anthropogenic change; Antipredator behaviour; Bleaching; Coral reef; Predator prey interactions; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84906306241     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12209     Document Type: Article

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