Quantity discrimination in female mosquitofish

Animal Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-70

  Agrillo, Christian ^a   Dadda, Marco ^a   Bisazza, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish; Numerical abilities; Numerosity discrimination; Quantity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845347385     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0036-5     Document Type: Article

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