Functional groups in the social behavior of a cichlid fish, the Oscar, Astronotus ocellatus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-93

  Beeching, S C ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Astronotus ocellatus; Oscar; Principal components analysis; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FISH; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; OSCAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

ASTRONOTUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 0030609648     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00047-2     Document Type: Article

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