Dominance hierarchies and social structure in captive groups of the mozambique tilapia oreochromis mossambicus (teleostei cichlidae)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-55

  Oliveira, R F ^a   Almada, V C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchies; Linearity; Rank distance; Social structure

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 0030066026     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1996.9522934     Document Type: Article

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