Environmental enrichment reduces aggression of pearl cichlid, Geophagus brasiliensis, during resident-intruder interactions

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 329-332

  Kadry, Vivian Oliveira ^a   Barreto, Rodrigo Egydio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Fighting; Intruder resident paradigm; Resource holding power; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955496283     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252010000200011     Document Type: Article

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