Conspecific and heterospecific alarm substances induce behavioral responses in juvenile catfish Rhamdia quelen

ABSTRACT The recognition of chemical information indicating the presence of a predator is very important for prey survival. In this study we tested antipredator behavioral response of juvenile silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen) against predator odor released by two different potential predators, Hoplia...

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Main Authors: Carina Vogel, Paula D. Weber, Carla Lang, Bernardo Baldisserotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2017-04-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252017000200201&lng=en&tlng=en