This study was supported by a“STARS@unipd”(ANIM_ILLUS)awarded to Christian Agrillo.
The Muller-Lyer illusion is a well-known distortion illusion that occurs when the spatial arrangement of inducers(i.e.,inwards-or outwards-pointing arrowheads)influences a line's perceived relative length.To date,this...
supported by the H2020 Project"Submarine cultures perform long-term robotic exploration of unconventional environmental niches"(subCULTron)(No.640967FP7)。
A major advantage of animal aggregations concerns cooperative antipredator strategies.Schooling behavior emerges earlier in many fish species,especially in those cannibalizing their offspring.Experience is fundamental...
Behavioral flexibility provides an individual with the ability to adapt its behavior in response to environmental changes. Studies on mammals, birds, and teleosts indicate greater behavioral flexibility in females. Co...
The present studies describe Chromosomal aberration effects of electrofishing, which were evaluated on Poecilia latipinna, located in Shat Al-Arab river in Al-garmma city (south of Iraq). The electrofishing derive use...
Although the majority of studies on mate choice focus on female mate choice, there is growing recognition of the role of male mate choice too. Male mate choice is tightly linked to 2 other phenomena: female competiti...
During adaptation to different habitat types, both morphological and behavioral traits can undergo divergent selection. Males often fight for status in dominance hierarchies and rank positions predict reproductive suc...
Supported by a grant from University of Teramo(Research Projects 60%/2009)
Objective:To describe the occurrence of various spinal deformations in a captive-bred wild line of Poecilia wingei(P.wingei).Methods:Fish belonging to a wild line of P.wingei caught from Laguna de Los Patos,Venezuela,...