Discrimination of small quantities by fish (redtail splitfin, Xenotoca eiseni)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-312

  Stancher, Gionata ^a,b   Sovrano, Valeria Anna ^a   Potrich, Davide ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b Civic Museum   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analog magnitude system; Chick; Fish; Infant; Number cognition; Object file system

Indexed keywords

XENOTOCA EISENI;

ANIMAL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874114133     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0590-y     Document Type: Article

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