Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) responds differentially to a robotic fish of varying swimming depth and aspect ratio

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 250, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-138

  Polverino, Giovanni ^a   Porfiri, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinspired robotics; Ethorobotics; Gambusia; Invasive species; Mosquitofish; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRESHWATER FISH; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 84878730867     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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