Preference for structured environment in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and checker barbs (Puntius oligolepis)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-327

  Kistler, Claudia ^a   Hegglin, Daniel ^b   Würbel, Hanno ^c   König, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWILD Urban Ecology and Wildlife Research   (Switzerland)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Checker barb; Environmental enrichment; Laboratory fish; Ornamental fish; Structural preference; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CYPRINID; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; LABORATORY METHOD;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; OLIGOLEPIS (FISH); PUNTIUS;

EID: 82455210899     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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