The effect of group size on the behaviour and welfare of four fish species commonly kept in home aquaria

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 195-205

  Saxby, Amelia ^a   Adams, Leoni ^a   Snellgrove, Donna ^b   Wilson, Rod W ^c   Sloman, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barbus tetrazona; Environmental enrichment; Novel object; Paracheirodon innesi; Pterophyllum scalare; Stocking density; Tanichthys albonubes

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH CULTURE; GROUP SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STOCKING DENSITY;

BARBUS TETRAZONA; PARACHEIRODON INNESI; PISCES; PTEROPHYLLUM SCALARE; PUNTIUS TETRAZONA; TANICHTHYS ALBONUBES;

EID: 79960532307     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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