Behavioral hierarchy in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis: Feeding as a dominant behavior

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-21

  Misell, Lisa M ^a   Shaw, Brian K ^a   Kristan Jr , William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral choice; Behavioral hierarchy; Decision making; Feeding; Medicinal leech

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEECH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEECHES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SWIMMING;

EID: 0031887573     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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