Collective enhancement of numerical acuity by meritocratic leadership in fish

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bisazza, Angelo ^a   Butterworth, Brian ^b,c,d   Piffer, Laura ^a   Bahrami, Bahador ^b   Petrazzini, Maria Elena Miletto ^a   Agrillo, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; LEADERSHIP; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FISHES; LEADERSHIP; POECILIA;

EID: 84897497714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04560     Document Type: Article

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