Recent social environment affects colour-assortative shoaling in juvenile angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-44

  Gómez Laplaza, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angelfish; Body colour; Recent experience; Shoaling; Social environment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLOR MORPH; CONSPECIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISH; GROUP BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION RISK; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FISH; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PTEROPHYLLUM SCALARE;

EID: 67650140675     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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