Boldness is related to the development of the cephalic crest in the male of the river blenny Salaria fluviatilis (Asso, 1801)

Current Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 373-380

  Fabre, Noëlle ^a   García Galea, Eduardo ^a   Vinyoles, Dolors ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Behavioural syndromes; Freshwater blenny; Male reproductive success; Shyness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903181395     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/60.3.373     Document Type: Article

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