Discrimination of the larger shoal in the poeciliid fish Girardinus falcatus

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-157

  Agrillo, C ^a   Dadda, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Girardinus falcatus; Poeciliid fish; Quantity discrimination; Shoaling

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TELEOST;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; FUNDULIDAE; GIRARDINUS FALCATUS; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 34447128820     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2007.9522574     Document Type: Article

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