Aggressive behaviour and energy metabolism in a cichlid fish, Oreochromis mossambicus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-170

  Ros, Albert F H ^a   Becker, Klaus ^b   Oliveira, Rui F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agonistic display; Metabolic rate; Mirror elicited aggression; Oreochromis mossambicus; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FISH; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747369174     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.05.043     Document Type: Article

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