Refuge use in sticklebacks as a function of body length and group size |
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| Authors: | J. Krause P. Longworth G. D. Ruxton |
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| Affiliation: | School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.;Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | A change in anti–predator strategy from hiding to grouping outside a refuge was observed in large three–spined sticklebacks. No such change in strategy was seen in small fish. The body–length dependence of this strategy change is discussed in the context of metabolic constraints. |
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| Keywords: | Gasterosteus aculeatus shoaling behaviour refuge |
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