Social facilitation of learning in mixed-species schools of common carp Cyprinus carpio L. and Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1023-1034

  Karplus, I ^a   Zion, B ^a   Rosenfeld, L ^a   Grinshpun, Y ^a   Slosman, T ^a   Goshen, Z ^a   Barki, A ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Cyprinus carpio; Mixed species schools; Oreochromis niloticus; Social learning; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; TILAPIA;

EID: 35248840470     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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