Shoaling decisions in angelfish: The roles of social status and familiarity

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 847-855

  Gómez Laplaza, Luis M ^a   Fuente, Asur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE; JUVENILE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

PISCES; PTEROPHYLLUM SCALARE;

EID: 34547997437     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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