Isotocin and sociality in the cooperatively breeding cichlid fish, Neolamprologus pulcher

Behaviour

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1389-1411

  Reddon, Adam R ^a   Voisin, Mathew R ^a   O'Connor, Constance M ^a   Balshine, Sigal ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

grouping behaviour; nonapeptide; oxytocin; social decision making

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 84907653059     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003190     Document Type: Article

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