Behavioral type and growth rate in a cichlid fish

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1227-1233

  Heg, Dik ^a   Schürch, Roger ^a   Rothenberger, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

animal personality; behavioral syndromes; Cichlidae; dominance; status dependent growth

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CICHLID; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80455124019     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr118     Document Type: Article

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