Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Preference and Behavioral Response to Animated Images of Conspecifics Altered in Their Color, Aspect Ratio, and Swimming Depth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Polverino, Giovanni ^a   Liao, Jian Cong ^a   Porfiri, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRESHWATER FISH; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LOCOMOTION; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWIMMING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; LOCOMOTION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS;

EID: 84872484752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054315     Document Type: Article

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