Effect of water renewal on dominance hierarchy of juvenile Nile tilapia

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 187-195

  Gonçalves de Freitas, Eliane ^a,c   Teresa, Fabrício Barreto ^a   Gomes, Fernanda Sgarbosa ^b   Giaquinto, Percilia Cardoso ^a,c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Research Center for Animal Welfare (RECAW CNPq)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Chemical cues; Cichlid; Communication; Hierarchical stability; Social rank

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CHEMICAL CUE; CICHLID; JUVENILE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WATER FLOW;

CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 42949165959     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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