Reduction of the association preference for conspecifics in cave-dwelling Atlantic mollies, Poecilia mexicana

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 794-802

  Riesch, Rüdiger ^a,b   Schlupp, Ingo ^a,c   Tobler, Michael ^a,c   Plath, Martin ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cave fish; Poeciliidae; Shoaling; Species recognition; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

CAVE; FISH; KIN RECOGNITION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; VISUAL CUE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AMBLYOPSIDAE; ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 33748671786     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0223-z     Document Type: Article

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