Ultimate Predators: Lionfish Have Evolved to Circumvent Prey Risk Assessment Abilities

Oona M. Lönnstedt; Mark I. McCormick

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075781

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Ultimate Predators: Lionfish Have Evolved to Circumvent Prey Risk Assessment Abilities

Oona M. Lönnstedt ,

* E-mail: oona.lonnstedt1@jcu.edu.au

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Mark I. McCormick

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Ultimate Predators: Lionfish Have Evolved to Circumvent Prey Risk Assessment Abilities

Oona M. Lönnstedt,
Mark I. McCormick

Published: October 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075781

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