Pavlovian Conditioning of Agonistic Behavior in Male Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 396-401

  Jenkins, Jennifer R ^a   Rowland, William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FISH; LEARNING; MALE; TERRITORIALITY;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FISHES; MALE; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 0030338029     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.4.396     Document Type: Article

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