Swordtail fry attend to chemical and visual cues in detecting predators and conspecifics.

Autor: Seth W Coleman, Gil G Rosenthal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 1, p e118 (2006)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000118
Popis: Predation pressure and energy requirements present particularly salient opposing selective pressures on young fish. Thus, fry are expected to possess sophisticated means of detecting predators and resources. Here we tested the hypotheses that fry of the swordtail fish Xiphophorus birchmanni use chemical and visual cues in detection of predators and conspecifics. To test these hypotheses we presented young (
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