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The response of prey fishes to chemical alarm cues: What recent field experiments reveal about the old testing paradigm

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Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10

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Tremaine, R.J., Pollock, M.S., Friesen, R.G., Kusch, R.C., Chivers, D.P. (2005). The response of prey fishes to chemical alarm cues: What recent field experiments reveal about the old testing paradigm. In: Mason, R.T., LeMaster, M.P., Müller-Schwarze, D. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25160-X_37

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