Temperament traits and microhabitat use in bullhead, Cottus perifretum: Fish associated with complex habitats are less aggressive

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 603-625

  Kobler, Alexander ^a   Maes, Gregory E ^b   Humblet, Yves ^a   Volckaert, Filip A M ^b   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

daytime shelter; habitat selection; habitat structure; personality; temperament traits

Indexed keywords

COTTUS; COTTUS GOBIO;

EID: 79959404690     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579511X572035     Document Type: Article

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