Dynamics of social interactions during group formation in males of the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 57-70

  Oliveira, Rui F ^a   Almada, Vitor C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Behavioural systems; Cichlids; Group formation; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008550715     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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