Growth hormone affects behaviour of wild brown trout Salmo trutta in territorial owner-intruder conflicts

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2341-2351

  Neregard L ^a   Sundt Hansen, L ^b   Bjornsson B Th ^a   Johnsson, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggression; Conflict resolution; GH; Salmonid; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 57749205918     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02082.x     Document Type: Article

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