Consistency of individual variation in feeding behaviour and its relationship with performance traits in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 109-116

  Martins, Catarina I M ^a,b   Conceição, Luis E C ^b   Schrama, Johan W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Appetite; Consistency; Feeding strategy; Individual differences; Maintenance requirements; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CICHLID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 80955178355     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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