Social familiarity modulates personality trait in a cichlid fish

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 936-938

  Galhardo, L ^a   Vitorino, A ^a   Oliveira, R F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Boldness; Exploratory behaviour; Neophobia; Personality; Phenotypic plasticity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CICHLID; CONSPECIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FAMILIARITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84869839748     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0500     Document Type: Article

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