Goldfish use the visual angle of a familiar landmark to locate a foodsource

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 532-536

  Douglas, R H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

goldfish; landmarks; orientation; spatial vision; visual angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030238459     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0179     Document Type: Article

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