Zebrafish ecology and behaviour

Neuromethods

Volumn 52, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-46

  Spence, Rowena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive behaviour; development (ontogeny); diet; ecology; evolution (phylogeny); genetics; Model organism; morphology; natural habitat; reproduction; reproductive behaviour; social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL GENETICS; BIOMEDICINE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ECOLOGY; EGG LAYING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIA; LEARNING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES HABITAT; TERRITORIALITY; ZEBRA FISH;

CYPRINIDAE; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 78649518243     PISSN: 08932336     EISSN: 19406045     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-922-2_1     Document Type: Review

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