Schooling decisions in guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are based on familiarity rather than kin recognition by phenotype matching

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 437-443

  Griffiths, Siân W ^a,b   Magurran, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Kin recognition; Olfaction; Schooling; Trinidadian guppy; Vision

Indexed keywords

FISH; KIN RECOGNITION; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0032992897     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050582     Document Type: Article

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