Novel methods for discriminating behavioral differences between stickleback individuals and populations in a laboratory shoaling assay

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1147-1157

  Wark, Abigail R ^a,b   Wark, Barry J ^b,c   Lageson, Tessa J ^a   Peichel, Catherine L ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Physion Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Information theory; Shoaling assay; Social behavior; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENTROPY; LABORATORY METHOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELEOST;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 79955020394     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1130-x     Document Type: Article

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