Pavlovian conditioning of sexual behavior in male threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-137

  Jenkins, Jennifer ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Pavlovian conditioning; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FISH; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0030815891     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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