Aggression and dominance in cichlids in resident-intruder tests: The role of environmental enrichment

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 543-545

  Nijman, Vincent ^a   Heuts, Boudewijn A ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Pay off asymmetry hypothesis; Prior residency effect; Resource holding power; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; GEOPHAGUS BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 80053139145     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252011005000031     Document Type: Article

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