Social behavior in context: Hormonal modulation of behavioral plasticity and social competence

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-440

  Oliveira, Rui F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 70349456601     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icp055     Document Type: Article

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