Response of Betta splendens to computer animations of males with fins of different length

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1997, Pages 195-199

  Allen, Joseph M ^a,b   Nicoletto, Paul F ^a,c  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETTA SPLENDENS;

EID: 0030999781     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447858     Document Type: Article

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