The influence of habitat stability on landmark use during spatial learning in the three-spined stickleback

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 701-707

  Odling Smee, Lucy ^a   Braithwaite, Victoria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0037392964     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2082     Document Type: Article

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