On the (ln)stability of dominance hierarchies in the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-45

  Oliveira, Rui F ^a   Almada, Vitor C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cichlids; Dominance; Linearity; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040751848     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1996)22:1<37::AID-AB4>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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