Muscular hypertrophy of urinary bladders in dominant tilapia facilitates the control of aggression through urinary signals

Behaviour

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 953-975

  Keller Costa, T ^a,b   Lopes, O S ^b   Almeida, O ^a,d   Hubbard, P C ^a   Iacovella, A ^c   Lima, M ^b   Barata, E N ^a,b   Canario A V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggression; Chemical communication; Muscle; Oreochromis mossambicus; Social dominance; Urinary bladder; Urine signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881191257     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539x-00003023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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