Preference for the presence of substrate in male cichlid fish: Effects of social dominance and context

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 224-230

  Galhardo, Leonor ^a   Almeida, Olinda ^a   Oliveira, Rui F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Choice tests; Fish welfare; Preferences; Substrate; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; DOMINANCE; LABORATORY METHOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPAWNING; SUBSTRATE;

CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 69249206591     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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