Partner choice in piranha shoals

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-299

  Magurran, Anne E ^a   Queiroz, Helder L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cooperation; Familiarity; Flooded forest; Size assorted shoaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037785316     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903321826639     Document Type: Article

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