Shoaling preferences of two common killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus and F. diaphanus) in the laboratory and in the field: A new analysis of heterospecific shoaling

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-125

  Blakeslee, Carrie ^a   Ruhl, Nathan ^b   Currie, Warren ^b   McRobert, Scott ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banded killifish; Fundulus; Heterospecific shoaling; Mummichog

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ABNORMALITY; BODY SIZE; CYPRINID; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; MARSH; PARASITE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODON VARIEGATES; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FUNDULUS DIAPHANUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY SIZE; CYPRINIDAE; FEMALE; FUNDULIDAE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

CREMONA [MARYLAND]; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINODON; CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS DIAPHANUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 63349103778     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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