Olfactory discrimination of complex mixtures of amino acids by the black bullhead Ameiurus melas

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-52

  Valentincic, T ^a   Miklavc, P ^b   Kralj, S ^c   Zgonik, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Fish; Mixture; Olfaction; Perception

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CHEMISTRY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRUG MIXTURE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ICTALURIDAE; SMELL;

AMEIURUS; AMEIURUS MELAS; ICTALURUS;

EID: 79959907533     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02976.x     Document Type: Article

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