Mechanisms underlying shoal composition in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata

Oikos

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 429-438

  Croft, D P ^a   Arrowsmith, B J ^a   Bielby, J ^a   Skinner, K ^a   White, E ^a   Couzin, I D ^b   Magurran, A E ^c   Ramnarine, I ^d   Krause, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0038623651     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12023.x     Document Type: Article

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