Breeding tubercles, papillomatosis and dominance behaviour of male roach (Rutilus rutilus) during the spawning period

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 591-601

  Kortet, Raine ^a,b   Taskinen, Jouni ^a   Vainikka, Anssi ^a   Ylönen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING; DOMINANCE; FISH; SPAWNING;

CYPRINIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; RUTILUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 4043101950     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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