Imprinting in fish: A little explored phenomenon with possible implications for fish welfare

Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gómez Laplaza, Luis M ^a   Gil Carnicero, Pura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early learning; Fish welfare; Imprinting in fish; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; FISH; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 55349091351     PISSN: 18068774     EISSN: 18068774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5016/1806-8774.2008.v10pT51     Document Type: Review

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