The role of body surface area in quantity discrimination in angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Gómez Laplaza, Luis M ^a   Gerlai, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGELFISH; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENSITY; FISH; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CICHLIDS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84893584931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083880     Document Type: Article

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