Interpopulation Differences in Shoaling Behaviour in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata): Roles of Social Environment and Population Origin

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1009-1018

  Song, Zhaobin ^a,b   Boenke, Morgan C ^a,c   Rodd, F Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COHESION; CONSPECIFIC; CYPRINID; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 80053910006     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01952.x     Document Type: Article

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