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Books ⇑
Book Reviews ⇑
Oliveira, R. F. 2009. Integration of Ecology and Endocrinology in Avian Reproduction: A New Synthesis (by John C. Winglield, Marcel E. Visser & Tony D. Williams (2008), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 363, 1579–1723). Animal Behaviour, 77: 1555–1556. PDF
Oliveira, R. F. 2001. The Cichlid Fishes: Nature’s grand experiment in evolution (by George W. Barlow (2000), Perseus Publishing, 335 pp.). International Society for Behavioral Ecology Newsletter 13(2): 12-13. PDF
Book Chapters ⇑
Nunes A.R., Ruhl N., Winberg S., Oliveira R.F. 2017. Social Phenotypes in Zebrafish. In: Kalueff A.V. (eds.), The rights and wrongs of zebrafish: Behavioral phenotyping of zebrafish, Springer. In press
Gonçalves D., Félix A.S., Oliveira R.F. 2017. Neuroendocrinology of Social Behavior in Teleost Fish. In: Pfaff D.W. & Joëls M. (eds.), Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Volume 2 – Non-Mammalian Hormone-Behavior Systems, 3rd edn, pp 3–18. Academic Press, Oxford. PDF
Teles, M.C. & Oliveira, R.F. 2016. Quantifying Aggressive Behavior in Zebrafish. In: K. Kawakami, E.E. Patton & M. Orger (eds.), Zebrafish – Methods and Protocols (Part III), pp. 293–305. Springer, New York. PDF
Gonçalves, D.M. & Oliveira, R.F. 2010. Hormones and sexual behavior of teleost fishes. In: D.O. Norris (eds.), Hormones and Reproduction in Vertebrates, Volume 1 – Fishes, pp. 119-147. Elsevier, New York. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Gonçalves, D.M. and Ros, A. 2009. Alternative reproductive tactics in blennies. In: R. Patzner, P. Hastings, E.J. Gonçalves & B.G. Kapoor (eds.), The Biology of Blennies, Science Publishers Inc., Enfield. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Gonçalves, D.M. 2008. Hormones and social behaviour of teleost fish. In: C. Magnhagen, V.A. Braithwaite, E. Forsgren & B.G. Kapoor (eds.), Fish Behaviour, pp.61-150. Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, N.H. PDF
Brockmann, H.J., Oliveira, R.F. and Taborsky, M. 2008. Integrating mechanisms and function: prospects for future research. In: R.F. Oliveira, M. Taborsky & H.J. Brockmann (eds.), Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an integrative approach, pp. 471-489. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF
Gonçalves, D.M., Oliveira, R.F. and McGregor, P.K. 2008. Communication and the evolution of alternative reproductive tactics. In: R.F. Oliveira, M. Taborsky & H.J. Brockmann (eds.), Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an integrative approach, pp. 401-420. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Canário, A.V.M. and Ros, A.F.H. 2008. Hormones and alternative reproductive tactics in vertebrates. In: R.F. Oliveira, M. Taborsky & H.J. Brockmann (eds.), Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an integrative approach, pp. 132-173. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF
Taborsky, M., Oliveira, R.F. and Brockmann, H.J. 2008. The evolution of alternative reproductive tactics: concepts and questions. In: R.F. Oliveira, M. Taborsky & H.J. Brockmann (eds.), Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an integrative approach, pp. 1-21. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. 2006. Neuroendocrine mechanisms of alternative reproductive tactics in fish. In: K.A. Sloman, R.W. Wilson & S. Balshine (Guest Editors; W.S. Hoar, D.J. Randall and A.P. Farrell, Series editors), Fish Physiology, vol. 24: Behaviour: Interactions with Physiology, pp. 297-357. Elsevier, New York. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. 2006. The neuroendocrinology of fish sexual behaviour: mechanisms and implications for endocrine disruption studies. In: U. Magnusson & B. Brunström (Eds.), Reproductive Behaviour and Environmental Pollutants, p. 15. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. 2005. Hormones, social context and animal communication. In: P.K. McGregor (Ed), Communication Networks, pp. 481-520. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. 2004. Social modulation of androgens in vertebrates: mechanisms and function. In: P.J.B. Slater, J.S. Rosenblatt, C.T. Snowdon & T.J. Roper (Eds), Advances in the Study of Behaviour – Vol. 34, pp. 165-239. Academic Press, New York. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Ros, A.F.H., Hirschenhauser, K. and Canário, A.V.M. 2001. Androgens and mating systems in fish: intra- and inter-specific analysis. In: H.J.Th. Goos, R.K. Rastogi, H. Vaudry & R. Pierantoni (Eds), Perspective in Comparative Endocrinology: Unity And Diversity, pp. 985- 993. Monduzzi Publishers, Bologna. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Canário, A.V.M. and Bshary, R. 1999. Hormones, behaviour and conservation of littoral fishes: current status and prospects for future research. In: V.C. Almada, R.F. Oliveira & E.J. Gonçalves (Eds), Behaviour and Conservation of Littoral Fishes, ISPA: Lisboa. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Almada, V.C. 1994. Análise qualitativa do comportamento na tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Pisces, Cichlidae) – etograma dos juvenis [Qualitative behavioural analysis in the tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Pisces, Cichlidae): ethogram of the juveniles]. In Biologia e Comportamento – Actas do I Congresso Nacional de Etologia, (V.C. Almada & R.F. Oliveira, eds.), pp.153-162. ISPA: Lisboa. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. 1994. Hormonas e Comportamento – aspectos actuais da endocrinologia comportamental [Hormones and Behaviour: current aspects of behavioural endocrinology]. In Biologia e Comportamento – Actas do I Congresso Nacional de Etologia, (V.C. Almada & R.F. Oliveira, eds.), pp. 73-82. ISPA: Lisboa. PDF
Papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals ⇑
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2021 ⇑
Nunes A. R., Gliksberg M., Varela S. A., Teles M., Wircer E., Blechman J., J., Petri, G., Levkowitz, G. & Oliveira R. F. (2021). Developmental effects of oxytocin neurons on social affiliation and processing of social information. Journal of Neuroscience , JN-RM-2939-20. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2939-20.2021. PDF
Cerqueira M., Millot S., Silva T., Félix A. S., Castanheira M. F., Rey S., MacKenzie S., Oliveira G.A., Oliveira C.C. & Oliveira R. F. (2021). Stressor controllability modulates the stress response in fish. BMC Neuroscience , 22(1), 1-12. DOI: 10.1186/s12868-021-00653-0. PDF
Antunes D. F., Teles M. C., Zuelling M., Friesen C. N., Oliveira R. F., Aubin‐Horth N. & Taborsky B. (2021). Early social deprivation shapes neuronal programming of the social decision‐making network in a cooperatively breeding fish. Molecular Ecology, 30: 4118-4132.DOI: 10.1111/mec.16019. PDF
Oliveira R. F. & Bshary, R. (2021). Expanding the concept of social behavior to interspecific interactions. Ethology, 127, 758-773 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13194.PDF
Espigares F., Abad-Tortosa D., Varela S. A. M., Ferreira M. G., Oliveira R. F. (2021). Short telomeres drive pessimistic judgement bias in zebrafish. Biology Letters, 17: 2020074520200745. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0745. PDF
2020 ⇑
Pinho, J.S., Castilho, M., Sollari, J.S., Oliveira, R.F. (2020). Innate chemical, but not visual, threat cues have been co‐opted as unconditioned stimulus for social fear learning in zebrafish. Genes Brain and Behavior, 19: e12688. DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12688. PDF
Triki, Z., Emery, Y., Teles, M. C., Oliveira, R. F., Bshary, R. 2020. Brain morphology predicts social intelligence in wild cleaner fish. Nature communications, 11: 6423. PDF
Félix, A. S., Roleira, A., Oliveira, R. F. (2020). Rising to the challenge? Inter-individual variation of the androgen response to social interactions in cichlid fish. Hormones and Behavior, 124: 104755. DOI:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104755. PDF
Nunes, A. R., Carreira, L., Anbalagan, S., Blechman, J., Levkowitz, G., Oliveira, R. F. 2020. Perceptual mechanisms of social affiliation in zebrafish. Scientific Reports 10: 3642. DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-60154-8. PDF
Ribeiro, D., Nunes, A.R., Teles, M.C., Anbalagan, S., Blechman, J., Levkowitz, G., Oliveira, R.F. 2020. Genetic variation in the social environment affects behavioral phenotypes of oxytocin receptor mutants in zebrafish. eLife 2020;9:e56973 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.56973. PDF
Félix, A.S., Cardoso, S.D., Roleira, A., Oliveira, R.F. 2020. Forebrain Transcriptional Response to Transient Changes in Circulating Androgens in a Cichlid Fish. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, DOI:10.1534/g3.119.400947. PDF
Cerqueira, M., Millot, S., Felix, A., Silva, T., Oliveira, G.A., Oliveira, C.C., Rey, S., MacKenzie, S., Oliveira, R. F. 2020. Cognitive appraisal in fish: stressor predictability modulates the physiological and neurobehavioural stress response in sea bass. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1923): 20192922. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2922. PDF
Ribeiro D., Nunes A. R., Gilksberg M., Anbalagan S., Levkowitz G., Oliveira R. F. 2020. Oxytocin receptor signalling modulates novelty recognition but not social preference in zebrafish, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, DOI: 10.1111/jne.12834. PDF
2019 ⇑
Varela S. A., Teles M. C., Oliveira R. F. 2019. The correlated evolution of social competence and social cognition, Functional Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13416. PDF
Almeida O., Felix A. S., Oliveira G. A., Lopes J. S., Oliveira R. F. 2019. Fighting assessment triggers rapid changes in activity of the brain social decision-making network of cichlid fish, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 13, 229. PDF
Goymann W., Moore I. T., Oliveira R. F. 2019. Challenge Hypothesis 2.0: A Fresh Look at an Established Idea, BioScience, 69 (6): 432–442. PDF
2018 ⇑
Costa R. M., Oliveira G., Pestana J., Costa D., Oliveira R. F. 2018. Do psychosocial factors moderate the relation between testosterone and female sexual desire? The role of interoception, alexithymia, defense mechanisms, and relationship status. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 1-18. PDF
Pestana J., Menéres S., Gouveia M. J., Oliveira R. F. 2018. The reading the mind in the eyes test: a portuguese version of the adults’ test. Análise Psicológica 3 (XXXVI): 369-381. PDF
Cardoso S. D., Gonçalves D., Goesmann A., Canário A. V. M., Oliveira R. F. 2018. Temporal variation in brain transcriptome is associated with the expression of female mimicry as a sequential male alternative reproductive tactic in fish. Molecular Ecology 27:789–803. PDF
2017 ⇑
Cerqueira M., Millot S., Castanheira M. F., Félix A. S., Silva T., Oliveira G. A., Oliveira C. C., Martins C. I. M. and Oliveira R. F. 2017. Cognitive appraisal of environmental stimuli induces emotion-like states in fish. Scientific Reports 7(1): 13181. PDF
Oliveira R. F. and Faustino A. I. 2017. Social information use in threat perception: Social buffering, contagion and facilitation of alarm responses. Communicative and Integrative Biology 10:e1325049. PDF
Roleira A., Oliveira G.A., Lopes J.S. and Oliveira R.F. 2017. Audience effects in territorial defense of male cichlid fish are associated with differential patterns of activation of the brain social decision-making network. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 11: 105. PDF
Madeira N. & Oliveira R.F. 2017. Long-Term Social Recognition Memory in Zebrafish. Zebrafish.PDF
Faustino A.I., Tacão-Monteiro A. and Oliveira R.F. 2017. Mechanisms of social buffering of fear in zebrafish. Scientific Reports 7: 44329. PDF
Wircer E., Blechman J., Borodovsky N., Tsoory M., Nunes A.R. and Oliveira R.F., Levkowitz G. 2017. Homeodomain protein Otp affects developmental neuropeptide switching in oxytocin neurons associated with a long-term effect on social behavior. eLife 6: e22170. PDF
Cardoso S.D., Faustino A.I., Costa S.S., Valério F., Gonçalves D. and Oliveira R.F. 2017. Social network predicts loss of fertilizations in nesting males of a fish with alternative reproductive tactics. Acta Ethologica 20: 59–68. PDF
2016 ⇑
Teles, M.C., Gozdowska, M., Kalamarz-Kubiak, H., Kulczykowska, E., Oliveira, R.F. 2016. Agonistic interactions elicit rapid changes in brain nonapeptide levels in zebrafish. Hormones and Behavior 84: 57–63. PDF
Teles, M.C., Cardoso, S.D. and Oliveira, R.F. 2016. Social plasticity relies on different neuroplasticity mechanisms across the Brain Social Decision-Making Network in Zebrafish. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Simoes, J.M., Teles, M.C., Oliveira, C.R., Becker, J.D. and Lopes, J.S. 2016. Assessment of fight outcome is needed to activate socially driven transcriptional changes in the zebrafish brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113: E654-661. PDF
Teles, M.C. & Oliveira, R.F. 2016. Androgen response to social competition in a shoaling fish. Hormones and Behavior 78: 8–12. PDF
2015 ⇑
Cardoso, S.D., Teles, M.C. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Neurogenomic mechanisms of social plasticity. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 140–149. PDF
Teles, M.C., Almeida, O., Lopes, J.S. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Social interactions elicit rapid shifts in functional connectivity in the social decision-making network of zebrafish. Proceedings Royal Society B 282: 20151099. PDF
Simões, J.M., Barata, E.N., Harris, R.M., O’Connell, L.A., Hofmann, H.A. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Social odors conveying dominance and reproductive information induce rapid physiological and neuromolecular changes in a cichlid fish. BMC Genomics 16: 114. PDF
Lopes, J.S., Abril-de-Abreu, R. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Brain Transcriptomic Response to Social Eavesdropping in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). PLoS One 10: e0145801. PDF
Abril-de-Abreu, R., Cruz, J. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015a. Social Eavesdropping in Zebrafish: Tuning of Attention to Social Interactions. Scientific Reports 5: 12678. PDF
Abril-de-Abreu, R., Cruz, A.S. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015b. Social dominance modulates eavesdropping in zebrafish. Royal Society Open Science 2: 150220. PDF
Cruz, A.S. & Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Audience effects and aggressive priming in agonistic behaviour of male zebrafish, Danio rerio. Animal Behaviour 107: 269–276. PDF
Aires, R.F., Oliveira, G.A., Oliveira, T.F., Ros, A.F.H. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Dear Enemies Elicit Lower Androgen Responses to Territorial Challenges than Unfamiliar Intruders in a Cichlid Fish. PLoS One 10: e0137705. PDF
Almeida, O. & Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Social status and arginine vasotocin neuronal phenotypes in a cichlid fish. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 83: 203–213. PDF
Kulczykowska, E., Cardoso, S.C., Gozdowska, M., André, G.I., Paula, J.R., Slebioda, M., Oliveira, R.F. and Soares, M.C. 2015. Brain levels of nonapeptides in four labrid fish species with different levels of mutualistic behavior. General and comparative endocrinology 222: 99–105. PDF
Cardoso, S.C., Paitio, J.R, Oliveira, R.F., Bshary, R. and Soares, M.C. 2015a. Arginine vasotocin reduces levels of cooperative behaviour in a cleaner fish. Physiology & Behavior 139: 314–320. PDF
Cardoso, S.C., Bshary, R., Mazzei, R., Paitio, J.R., Oliveira, R.F. and Soares, M.C. 2015b. Arginine vasotocin modulates associative learning in a mutualistic cleaner fish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69: 1173–1181. PDF
Bshary, R. & Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Cooperation in animals: toward a game theory within the framework of social competence. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 3: 31–37. PDF
Costa, R.M., Correia, M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Does personality moderate the link between women’s testosterone and relationship status? The role of extraversion and sensation seeking. Personality and Individual Differences 76: 141-146. PDF
Roque, L., Veríssimo, M., Oliveira, T.F., Fernandes, M., Rebelo, A. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Relationships between diurnal adrenocortical activity, children’s attachment security and mothers’ attachment representations. Análise Psicológica 33: 361-372. PDF
Costa, R.M. & Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Maladaptive defense mechanisms are associated with decoupling of testosterone from sexual desire in women of reproductive age. Neuropsychoanalysis: 1–14.
Fagundes, T., Simões, M.G., Saraiva, J.L., Ros, A.F.H., Gonçalves, D. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Birth date predicts alternative life history pathways in a fish with sequential reproductive tactics. Functional Ecology 29: 1533-1542. PDF
Faustino, A.I., Oliveira, G.A. and Oliveira, R.F. 2015. Linking appraisal to behavioral flexibility in animals: implications for stress research. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9: 104. PDF
2014 ⇑
Oliveira, G.A., Uceda, S., Oliveira, T.F., Fernandes, A.C., Garcia-Marques, T. and Oliveira, R.F. 2014. Testosterone response to competition in males is unrelated to opponent familiarity or threat appraisal. Frontiers in Psychology 5: e1240. PDF
Millot, S., Cerqueira, M., Castanheira, M.F., Øverli, Ø., Oliveira, R.F. and Martins, C.I.M. 2014. Behavioural stress responses predict environmental perception in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). PLoS One 9(9): e108800. PDF
Gonçalves-de-Freitas, E., Carvalho, T.B. and Oliveira, R.F. 2014. Photoperiod modulation of aggressive behavior is dependent of androgens in a tropical cichlid fish. General and Comparative Endocrinology 207: 41–49. PDF
Almeida, O., Canário, A.V.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2014. Castration affects reproductive but not aggressive behavior in a cichlid fish. General and Comparative Endocrinology 207: 34–40. PDF
Oliveira, G.A. & Oliveira, R.F. 2014. Androgen modulation of social decision-making mechanisms in the brain: an integrative and embodied perspective. Frontiers in Neuroscience 8: e209. PDF
Almeida, O., Gonçalves-de-Freitas, E., Lopes, J.S. and Oliveira, R.F. 2014. Social instability promotes hormone-behavior associated patterns in a cichlid fish. Hormones and Behavior 66: 369–382. PDF
Soares, M.C., Cardoso, S.C., Grutter, A.S., Oliveira, R.F. and Bshary, R. 2014. Cortisol mediates cleaner wrasse switch from cooperation to cheating and tactical deception. Hormones and Behavior 66: 346–350. PDF
McGregor, P.K. & Oliveira, R.F. 2014. Then and now: a brief history of acta ethologica. Acta Ethologica 17: 67–68. PDF
Millot, S., Cerqueira, M., Castanheira, M.F., Øverli, Ø., Martins, C.I.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2014. Use of conditioned place preference/avoidance tests to assess affective states in fish. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 154: 104-111. PDF
Lima, A.C., Assis, J., Sayanda, D., Sabino, J. and Oliveira, R.F. 2014. Impact of ecotourism on the fish fauna of Bonito region (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil): ecological, behavioural and physiological measures. Neotropical Ichthyology 12(1): 133-143. PDF
Oliveira, G.A. & Oliveira, R.F. 2014. Androgen responsiveness to competition in humans: the role of cognitive variables. Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics 3: 19–32. PDF
Gonçalves, D., Costa, S.S., Teles, M.C., Silva, H., Inglês, M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2014. Oestradiol and prostaglandin F2a regulate sexual displays in females of a sex-role reversed fish. Proceedings Royal Society B 281: 20133070. PDF
Dias, R.I., Oliveira, R.F., Podos, J. and Macedo, R.H. 2014. The importance of novelty: male-female interactions among blue-black grassquits in captivity. Behavioural Processes 103: 211-217.PDF
Galhardo, L. and Oliveira, R.F. 2014. The effects of social isolation on steroid hormone levels are modulated by previous social status and context in a cichlid fish. Hormones and Behavior 65: 1-5. PDF
2013 ⇑
Mendonça, R., Soares, M.C., Bshary, R and Oliveira, R.F. 2013. Arginine vasotocin neuronal phenotype and interspecific cooperative behaviour. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 82:166-76. PDF
Teles, M.C., Dahlbom, S.J., Winberg, S. and Oliveira, R.F. 2013. Social modulation of brain monoamine levels in zebrafish. Behavioural Brain Research 253: 17-24. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. 2013. Mind the fish: zebrafish as a model in cognitive social neuroscience. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 7: e131. PDF
Oliveira, G.A., Uceda, S., Oliveira, T., Fernandes, A., Garcia-Marques, T. and Oliveira, R.F. 2013. Threat perception and familiarity moderate the androgen response to competition in women. Frontiers in Psychology 4: e389. PDF
Cardoso, S.D., Goncalves, D., Robalo, J.I., Almada, V.C., Canário, A.V.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2013. Efficient isolation of polymorphic microsatellites from high-throughput sequence data based on number of repeats. Marine Genomics 11: 11-16. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. and Galhardo, L. 2013. Rescuing the baby from the bathwater: a reply to Carter (2013). Biology Letters 9:2013.0264. PDF
Taborsky, B. & Oliveira, R.F. 2013. Social competence vs. responsiveness: similar but not same. A reply to Wolf and McNamara. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 28: 254-255. PDF
Félix, A.S., Faustino, A.I., Cabral, E.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2013. Noninvasive measurement of steroid hormones in zebrafish holding-water. Zebrafish 10: 1-6. PDF
Saraiva, J.L., Gonçalves, D. and Oliveira, R.F. 2013. Ecological modulation of reproductive behaviour in the peacock blenny: a mini-review. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 39: 85-89. PDF
2012 ⇑
Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Social plasticity in fish: integrating mechanisms and function. Journal of Fish Biology 81: 2127-2150. PDF
Taborsky, B. & Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Social competence: an evolutionary approach. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27: 679-688. PDF
Fagundes, T., Simões, M.G., Gonçalves, D. and Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Social cues in the expression of sequential alternative reproductive tactics in young males of the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo. Physiology and Behavior, 107(3): 283-291. PDF
Simões, J.M., Teles, M.C., Oliveira, R.F., Van Der Linden, A. and Verhoye, M. 2012. A three-dimensional stereotaxic MRI brain atlas of the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. PLoS One 7(9): e44086. PDF
Galhardo, L., Vitorino, A. and R.F. Oliveira. 2012. Social familiarity modulates personality trait in a cichlid fish. Biology Letters 8: 936-938. PDF
Soares, M.C., Bshary, R., Mendonça, R., Grutter, A.S. and Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Arginine vasotocin regulation of interspecific cooperative behaviour in a cleaner fish. PLoS One 7(7): e39583. PDF
Soares, M.C., Bshary, R., Cardoso, S.C., Côté, I.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Face your fears: cleaning gobies inspect predators despite being stressed by them. PLoS One 7(6): e39781. PDF
Teles, M.C., Sîrbulescu, R.F., Wellbrock, U.M., Oliveira, R.F. and Zupanc, G.K.H. 2012. Adult Neurogenesis in the Brain of the Mozambique Tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 198: 427-449. PDF
Ros, A.F.H., Oliveira, R.F., Dijkstra, P.D. and Groothuis, T.G.G. 2012. Immune activation is inversely related to, but does not cause variation in androgen levels in a cichlid fish species. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 33: 130-133. PDF
Saraiva, J.L., Pignolo, G., Gonçalves, D. and Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Interpopulational variation of the mating system in the peacock blenny Salaria pavo. Acta Ethologica 15: 25-31. PDF
Roque, L., Veríssimo, M., Oliveira, T.F. and Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Attachment security and HPA axis reactivity to positive and challenging emotional situations in child-mother dyads in naturalistic settings. Developmental Psychobiology 54: 401–411. PDF
Almeida, O., Gozdowska, M., Kulczykowska, E. and Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Brain levels of arginine-vasotocin and isotocin in dominant and subordinate males of a cichlid fish. Hormones and Behavior 61: 212-217. PDF
2011 ⇑
Saraiva, J.L., Gonçalves, D.M., Simões, M.G. and Oliveira, R.F. 2011. Plasticity in reproductive behaviour in two populations of the peacock blenny. Behaviour 148: 1457-1472. PDF
Soares, M.C., Oliveira, R.F., Ros, A.F.H., Grutter, A.S. and Bshary, R. 2011. Tactile stimulation lowers stress in fish. Nature Communications 2: 534. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Canário, A.V.M. 2011. Nemo through the looking-glass: a commentary on Desjardins & Fernald. Biology Letters 7: 487-488. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Silva, J.F. and Simões, J.M. 2011. Fighting zebrafish: characterization of aggressive behavior and winner-loser effects. Zebrafish 8: 73-81. PDF
Bshary, R., Oliveira, R.F. and Grutter, A.S. 2011. Short-term variation in the level of cooperation in the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus: implications for the role of potential stressors. Ethology 117: 246-253. PDF
Costa, S.S., Andrade, R., Carneiro, L.A., Gonçalves, E.J., Kotrschal, K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2011. Sex differences in the dorsolateral telencephalon correlate with home range size in blenniid fish. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 77: 55-64. PDF
Ros, A.F.H., Lusa, J., Meyer, M., Soares, M., Oliveira, R.F., Brossard, M. and Bshary, R. 2011. Does access to the bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus affect indicators of stress and health in resident reef fishes in the Red Sea? Hormones and Behavior 59: 151-158. PDF
Lacava, R.V., Brasileiro, L., Maia, R., Oliveira, R.F. and Macedo, R.H. 2011. Social environment affects testosterone level in captive male blue-black grassquits. Hormones and Behavior 59: 51-55. PDF
Galhardo, L., Almeida, O. and Oliveira, R.F. 2011. Measuring motivation in a cichlid fish: an adaptation of the push-door paradigm. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 130: 60-70. PDF
Galhardo, L., Vital, J. and Oliveira, R.F. 2011. The role of predictability in the stress response of a cichlid fish. Physiology and Behavior 102: 367-372. PDF
2010 ⇑
Soares, M.C., Côté, I.M., Cardoso, S.C., Oliveira, R.F. and Bshary, R. 2010. Caribbean cleaning gobies prefer client ectoparasites over mucus. Ethology 116: 1244-1248. PDF
Soares, M.C., Bshary, R., Fusani, L., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Hirschenhauser K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2010. Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 365: 2737-2750. PDF
Saraiva, J.L., Gonçalves, D.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2010. Environmental modulation of androgen levels and secondary sex characters in two populations of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo. Hormones and Behavior 57: 192-197. PDF
Gonçalves, D., Saraiva, J., Teles, M., Teodósio, R., Canário, A.V.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2010. Brain aromatase mRNA expression in two populations of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo with divergent mating systems. Hormones and Behavior 57: 155-161. PDF
2009 ⇑
Antunes, R.A. & Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Hormonal anticipation of territorial challenges in cichlid fish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 106: 15985-15989. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Social behavior in context: hormonal modulation of behavioral plasticity and social competence. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: 423-440. PDF
Galhardo, L., Almeida, O. and Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Preference for the presence of substrate in male cichlid fish: effects of social dominance and context. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 120: 224-230. PDF
Ros, A.F.H., Fagundes, T. and Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Adjustment of brood size and androgen levels in a teleost species with exclusive male parental care. Animal Behaviour 78: 25-33. PDF
Ros, A.F.H. & Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Androgens and immune function in male alternative reproductive morphotypes of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo. Ethology 115: 555–565. PDF
Oliveira, T., Gouveia, M.J. and Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Testosterone responsiveness to winning and losing experiences in female soccer players. Psychoneuroendocrinology 34: 1056-1064. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Silva, A. and Canário, A.V.M. 2009. Why do winners keep winning? Androgen mediation of winner but not loser effects in cichlid fish. Proceedings Royal Society B 276: 2249–2256. PDF
Leong, H., Ros, A.F.H. and Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Effects of putative stressors in public aquaria on locomotor activity, metabolic rate and cortisol levels in the Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus. Journal of Fish Biology 74, 1549–1561. PDF
Galhardo, L. & Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Psychological stress and welfare in fish. Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences 11: 1-20. PDF
Saraiva, J.L., Barata, E.N., Canário, A.V.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2009. The effect of nest aggregation on the reproductive behaviour of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo. Journal of Fish Biology 74: 754–762. PDF
Ros, A.F.H., Correia, M., Wingfield, J.C. and Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Mounting an immune response correlates with decreased androgen levels in male peafowl, Pavo cristatus. Journal of Ethology 27: 209-214. PDF
2008 ⇑
Gonçalves, D., Teles, M., Alpedrinha, J. and Oliveira, R.F. 2008. Brain and gonadal aromatase activity and steroid hormone levels in female and polymorphic males of peacock blenny Salaria Pavo. Hormones and Behaviour 54: 717-725. PDF
Garamszegui, L.Z., Hirschenhauser, K., Bókony, V., Eens, M., Hurtrez-Boussès, S., Møller, A.P., Oliveira, R.F. and Wingfield, J.C. 2008. Latitudinal distribution, migration and testosterone levels in birds. American Naturalist 172: 533-546. PDF
Hirschenhauser, K., Canário, A.V.M., Ros, A.F.H., Taborsky, M. and Oliveira R.F. 2008. Social context may affect urinary excretion of 11-ketotestosterone in African cichlids. Behaviour 145: 1367-1388. PDF
Scott, A.P., Hirschenhauser, K., Bender, N., Oliveira, R.F., Earley, R.L., Sebire, M., Ellis, T., Pavlidis, M., Hubbard, P.C., Huertas, M. and Canário, A.V.M. 2008. Non-invasive measurement of esteroids in fish-holding water: important considerations when applying the procedure to behaviour studies. Behaviour 145: 1307-1328. PDF
Galhardo, L., Correia, J. and Oliveira, R.F. 2008. The effect of substrate availability on behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare in the African cichlid (Oreochromis mossambicus). Animal Welfare 17: 239-254. PDF
Bender, N., Heg-Bachar, Z., Oliveira, R.F., Canário, A.V.M. and Taborsky, M. 2008. Hormonal control of brood care and social status in a cichlid with brood care helpers. Physiology and Behavior 94: 349-358. PDF
Cummings, M.E., Jordão, J.M., Cronin, T.W. and Oliveira, R.F. 2008. Visual ecology of the fiddler crab Uca tangeri: effects of sex, viewer and background on conspicuousness. Animal Behaviour 75: 175-188. PDF
2007 ⇑
Jordão, J.M., Curto, A.F. and Oliveira, R.F. 2007. Stereotypy and variation in the claw waving display of the fiddler crab Uca tangeri. Acta Ethologica 10: 55-62. PDF
Bshary, R., Oliveira, R.F., Oliveira, T.S.F. and Canário, A.V.M. 2007. Do cleaning organisms reduce the stress response of client reef fish? Frontiers in Zoology 4: 21. PDF
Fagundes, T., Gonçalves, D.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2007. Female mate choice and mate search tactics in a sex role reversed population of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo (Risso, 1810). Journal of Fish Biology 71: 77-89. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Galhardo, L. 2007. On the applicability of the concept of welfare to teleost fish and its implications for fish farming. Brazilian Journal of Animal Science 36: 77-86. PDF
Gonçalves, D., Alpedrinha, J., Teles, M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2007. Endocrine control of sexual behavior in sneaker males of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo: effects of castration, aromatase inhibition, testosterone and estradiol. Hormones and Behavior 51: 534-541. PDF
Jordão, J.M., Cronin, T.W. and Oliveira, R.F. 2007. Spectral sensitivity of four species of fiddler crabs (Uca pugnax, Uca pugilator, Uca vomeris and Uca tangeri) measured by in situ microspectrophotometry. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 447-453. PDF
2006 ⇑
Galhardo, L. & Oliveira, R.F. 2006. Bem-estar animal: um conceito legítimo para peixes? [Animal Welfare: a legitimate concept for fish?] Revista de Etologia (São Paulo, Brazil) 8: 51-61. PDF
Costa, P.F., Oliveira, R.F. and Fonseca, L.C. 2006. Feeding Ecology of Nereis diversicolor (O.F. Müller) (Annelida, Polychaeta) on Estuarine and Lagoon Environments in the Southwest Coast of Portugal. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 1(2): 104-113. PDF
Ros, A.F.H., Ferreira, C., Santos, R.S. and Oliveira, R.F. 2006. Regulation of immunocompetence by different androgen metabolites in a blenny with alternative reproductive tactics. Journal of Experimental Zoology A: Comparative Experimental Biology 305A: 986-994. PDF
Ros, A.F.H., Becker, K. and Oliveira, R.F. Aggressive behaviour and energy metabolism in a cichlid fish, Oreochromis mossambicus. Physiology and Behavior 89:164-170. PDF
Castro, N., Ros, A.F.H., Becker, K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2006. Metabolic costs of the aggressive behaviour in the Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens. Aggressive Behaviour 32: 474-480. PDF
Bender, N., Heg, D., Hamilton, I.M., Bachar, Z., Taborsky, M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2006. The relationship between social status, behaviour, growth and steroids in male helpers and breeders of a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Hormones and Behavior 50: 173-182. PDF
Ros, A.F.H., Bouton, N., Santos, R.S. and Oliveira, R.F. 2006. Alternative male reproductive tactics and the immunocompetence handicap in the Azorean rock-pool blenny, Parablennius parvicornis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273: 901-909. PDF
Hirschenhauser, K. & Oliveira, R.F. 2006. Social modulation of androgen levels in vertebrates: meta-analysis of the challenge hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 71: 265-277. PDF
2005 ⇑
Oliveira, R.F., Ros, A.F.H. and Gonçalves, D.M. 2005. Intra-sexual variation in male reproduction in teleost fish: a comparative approach. Hormones and Behavior 48: 430-439. PDF
Jordão, J.M. & Oliveira, R.F. Wandering in male fiddler crabs (Uca tangeri): alternative reproductive tactic or functional constraint? Behaviour 142: 929-939. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L.A. and Canário, A.V.M. 2005. No hormonal response in tied fights. Nature 437: 207-208. PDF
Gonçalves, D., Matos, R., Fagundes, T. and Oliveira R.F. 2005. Bourgeois males of the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo, discriminate female mimics from females? Ethology 111: 559-772. PDF
2004 ⇑
Ros A.F.H., Becker, K., Canário, A.V.M. and Oliveira R.F. 2004. Androgen levels and energy metabolism in Oreochromis mossambicus. Journal of Fish Biology 65: 895-905. PDF
Hirschenhauser, K., Taborsky, M., Oliveira, T., Canário, A.V.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2004. A test of the ‘challenge hypothesis’ in cichlid fish: simulated partner and territory intruder experiments. Animal Behaviour 68: 741-750. PDF
Ros A.F.H., Bruintjes, R., Santos, R.S., Canário, A.V.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2004. The role of androgens in the trade-off between territorial and parental behavior in the Azorean rock-pool blenny, Parablennius parvicornis. Hormones and Behavior 46: 491-497. PDF
White, E.M., Gonçalves, D.M., Partridge, J.C. and Oliveira, R.F. 2004. Vision and visual variation in the peacock blenny. Journal of Fish Biology 65: 227-250. PDF
2003 ⇑
Carneiro, L.A., Oliveira, R.F., Canário, A.V.M. and Grober, M.S. 2003. The effect of arginine vasotocin on courtship behaviour in a blenniid fish with alternative reproductive tactics. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 28: 241-243. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Hirschenhauser, K., Canário, A.V.M. and Taborsky, M. 2003. Androgen levels of reproductive competitors in a cooperatively breeding cichlid. Journal of Fish Biology 63: 1615-1620. PDF
Ros, A.F.H., Zeilstra, I. and Oliveira, R.F. 2003. Mate choice in the Galilee St. Peter’s fish, Sarotherodon galilaeus. Behaviour 140: 1173-1188. PDF
Ros, A.F.H., Canário A.V.M., Couto, E., Zeilstra, I. and Oliveira, R.F. 2003. Endocrine correlates of intra-specific variation in the mating system of the St. Peter’s fish (Sarotherodon galilaeus). Hormones and Behavior 44: 365-373. PDF
Gonçalves, D., Fagundes, T. and Oliveira, R.F. 2003. Reproductive behaviour of sneaker males of the peacock blenny. Journal of Fish Biology 63: 528-532. PDF
Jordão, J.M. & Oliveira, R.F. 2003. Comparison of non-invasive methods for quantifying population density of the fiddler crab Uca tangeri. Journal of the Marine Biological Association U.K. 83:981-982. PDF
Gonçalves, D.M. & Oliveira, R.F. 2003. Time spent close to a sexual partner as a measure of female mate preference in the sex-role reversed blenny Salaria pavo (Risso) (Pisces: Blenniidae). Acta Ethologica 6: 1-5. PDF
Miranda, J.A., Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L.A., Santos, R.S. and Grober, M.S. 2003. Neurochemical correlates of male polymorphism and alternative reproductive tactics in the Azorean rock-pool blenny, Parablennius parvicornis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 132: 183-189. PDF
Hirschenhauser, K., Winkler, H. and Oliveira, R.F. 2003. Comparative analysis of male androgen responsiveness to social environment in birds: the effects of mating system and paternal incubation. Hormones and Behavior 43: 508-519. PDF
Gonçalves, D., Oliveira, R.F., Körner, K. and Schlupp, I. 2003. Intersexual copying by sneaker males of the peacock blenny. Animal Behaviour 65: 355-361. PDF
2002 ⇑
Gonçalves, D.M., Barata, E.N., Oliveira, R.F. and Canário, A.V.M. 2002. The role of male visual and chemical cues on the activation of female courtship behaviour in the sex role reversed blenny. Journal of Fish Biology 61: 96-105. PDF
Gonçalves, D.M., Simões, P.C., Chumbinho, A.C., Correia, M.J., Fagundes, T. and Oliveira, R.F. 2002. Fluctuating asymmetries and reproductive success in the peacock blenny. Journal of Fish Biology 60: 810-820. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Hirschenhauser, K., Carneiro, L.A. and Canário, A.V.M. 2002. Social modulation of androgen levels in teleost fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 132: 203-215. PDF
Grober, M.S., George, A.A., Watkins, K.K., Carneiro, L.A. and Oliveira, R.F. 2002. Forebrain AVT and courtship in a fish with alternative reproductive tactics. Brain Research Bulletin 57: 23-25. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Carvalho, N., Miranda, J. Gonçalves, E.J., Grober, M. and Santos, R.S. 2002. The relationship between the presence of satellite males and nest-holders’ mating success in the Azorean rock-pool blenny, Parablennius sanguinolentus parvicornis. Ethology 108: 223-235. PDF
2001 ⇑
Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L.A., Gonçalves, D.M., Canário, A.V.M. and Grober, M.S. 2001. 11-ketotestosterone inhibits the alternative mating tactic in sneaker males of the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 58: 28-37. PDF
Burford, F.R.L., McGregor, P.K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2001. Male-like mudballing behavior of some female fiddler crabs (Uca tangeri). Journal of Ethology 19: 97-103. PDF
Jordão, J.M. & Oliveira, R.F. 2001. Sex differences in predator evasion in the fiddler crab Uca tangeri (Decapoda: Ocypodidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 21(4): 948-953. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Canário, A.V.M. and Grober, M.S. 2001. Male sexual polymorphism, alternative reproductive tactics, and androgens in combtooth blennies (Pisces: Blenniidae). Hormones and Behavior 40: 266-275. PDF
Ros, A.F.H., Hirschenhauser, K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2001. The interaction between organizational and activational effects of testosterone in the control of early aggression in birds: a comment on Sasvári, Hegyi & Péczeli. Ethology 107:851-853. PDF
Jordão, J.M. & Oliveira, R.F. 2001. Major claws make male fiddler crabs more conspicuous to visual predators: a test using human observers. Hydrobiologia 449: 241-247. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Gonçalves, E.J. and Santos, R.S. 2001. Gonadal investment of young males in two blenniid fishes with alternative mating tactics. Journal of Fish Biology 59: 459-462. PDF
Burford, F.R.L., McGregor, P.K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2001. Mudballing revisited: further investigations into the construction behaviour of male Uca tangeri. Behaviour 138: 221-234. PDF
Burford, F.R.L., McGregor, P.K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2001. Intersexual differences in the mudballs of Uca annulipes (Decapoda: Ocypodidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81: 353-354. PDF
Almada, V.C., Oliveira, R.F., Gonçalves, E.J., Almeida, A.J., Santos, R.S. and Wirtz, P. 2001. Patterns of diversity of the north-eastern Atlantic blenniid fish fauna (Pisces: Blenniidae). Global Ecology & Biogeography 10: 411–422. PDF
Doutrelant, C., McGregor, P.K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2001. The effect of an audience on intrasexual communication in male Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens. Behavioral Ecology 12: 283-286. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Almada, V.C., Gonçalves, E.J., Forsgren, E. and Canário, A.V.M. 2001. Androgen levels and social interactions in breeding males of the peacock blenny. Journal of Fish Biology 58: 897-908. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Canário, A.V.M., Grober, M.S. and Santos, R.S. 2001. Endocrine correlates of male polymorphism and alternative reproductive tactics in the Azorean rock-pool blenny, Parablennius sanguinolentus parvicornis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 121: 278-288. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L.A., Canário, A.V.M., and Grober, M.S. 2001. Effects of androgens on social behavior and morphology of alternative reproductive males of the Azorean rock-pool blenny. Hormones and Behavior 39: 157-166. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Lopes, M., Carneiro, L.A. and Canário, A.V.M. 2001. Watching fights raises fish hormone levels. Nature 409: 475. PDF
2000 ⇑
Oliveira, R.F., Miranda, J.A., Carvalho, N., Gonçalves, E.J., Grober, M.S. and Santos, R.S. 2000. Male mating success in the Azorean rock-pool blenny: the effects of body size, male behaviour and nest characteristics. Journal of Fish Biology 57: 1416–1428. PDF
Burford, F.R.L., McGregor, P.K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2000. The sequence of mudball placement by male fiddler crabs, Uca tangeri. Etología 8: 53-55. PDF
Gonçalves, D.M., Oliveira, R.F., Körner, K., Poschadel, J.R. and Schlupp, I. 2000. Using video playbacks to study visual communication in a marine fish, Salaria pavo. Animal Behaviour 60: 351-357. PDF
Carlisle, S.L., Marxer-Miller, S.K., Canário, A.V.M., Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L. and Grober, M.S. 2000. Effects of 11-ketotestosterone on genital papilla morphology in the sex changing fish Lythrypnus dalli (Teleost, Gobiidae). Journal of Fish Biology 57: 445-456. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Rosenthal, G.G., Schlupp, I., McGregor, P.K., Cuthill, I.C., Endler, J.A., Fleishman, L.J., Zeil, J., Barata, E., Burford, F., Gonçalves, D., Healey, M., Jakobson, S., Jennions, M.D., Körner, K., Lindström, L., Peake, T., Pilastro, A., Pope, D.S., Roberts, S.G.B., Rowe, C., Smith, J., and Waas, J.R. 2000. Considerations on the use of video playbacks as visual stimuli: the Lisbon workshop consensus. Acta Ethologica 3: 61-65. PDF
Burford, F.R.L., McGregor, P.K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2000. Response of fiddler crabs (Uca tangeri) to video playback in the field. Acta Ethologica 3: 55-59. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., McGregor, P.K., Schlupp, I. and Rosenthal, G.G. 2000. Video-playback techniques in behavioural research (editorial). Acta Ethologica 3: 1-2. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Canário, A.V.M. 2000. Hormones and social behavior in cichlid fishes: a case study in the Mozambique tilapia. Journal of Aquariculture & Aquatic Sciences, 9: 109-129. (special issue: R.M. Coleman & W. Leibel, Eds. Cichlid Research: State of the Art) PDF
dos Santos, M.E., Modesto, T., Matos, R., Grober, M.S., Oliveira, R.F. and Canário, A.V.M. 2000. Sound production by the Lusitanian toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus. Bioacoustics 10: 309-321. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Machado, J.L., Jordão, J.M., Burford, F.L., Latruffe, C. and McGregor, P.K. 2000. Human exploitation of male fiddler crab claws: behavioural consequences and implications for conservation. Animal Conservation 3: 1-5. PDF
1999 ⇑
Latruffe, C., McGregor, P.K. and Oliveira, R.F. 1999. Visual signalling and sexual selection in male fiddler crabs, Uca tangeri. Marine Ecology Progress Series 189: 233-240. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Almada, V.C. 1999. Male displaying characters, gonadal maturation and androgens in the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Acta Ethologica 2: 67-70. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Almada, V.C., Forsgren, E. and Gonçalves, E.J. 1999. Temporal variation in male traits, nesting aggregations and mating success in the peacck blenny, Salaria pavo. Journal of Fish Biology 54: 499-512. PDF
1998 ⇑
Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L.A., Borges, R.A. and Canário, A.V.M. 1998. Androgens and social behaviour in a cichlid fish, Oreochromis mossambicus. Journal of Fish Biology 53, suppl. A: 440. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Almada, V.C. 1998. Androgenization of dominant males in a cichlid fish: androgens mediate the social modulation of sexually dimorphic traits. Ethology 104: 841-858. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. 1998. Of fish and men: a comparative approach to androgens and social dominance. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21(3): 383-384. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Custódio, M.R. 1998. Claw size, waving display and female choice in the european fiddler crab Uca tangeri. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 10(3): 241-251. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Almada, V.C. 1998. Mating tactics and male-male courtship in the lek-breeding cichlid Oreochromis mossambicus. Journal of Fish Biology 52: 1115-1129. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., McGregor, P.K. and Latruffe, C. 1998 Know thine enemy: fighting fish gather information from observing conspecific interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 265:1045-1049. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., McGregor, P.K., Burford, F.R.L., Custódio, M.R., and Latruffe, C. 1998. Functions of mudballing behaviour in the European fiddler crab Uca tangeri. Animal Behaviour 55: 1299-1309. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Almada, V.C. 1998. Dynamics of social interactions during group formation in males of the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Acta Ethologica 1: 57-70. PDF
Borges, R.A., Oliveira, R.F., Almada, V.C. and Canário, A.V.M. 1998. Short-term social modulation of 11-Ketotestosterone urinary levels in males of the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus during male-female interaction. Acta Ethologica 1: 43-48. PDF
Burford, F.R.L., McGregor, P.K. and Oliveira, R.F. 1998. Chorusing by male European fiddler crabs, Uca tangeri: a study of visual communication networks. Acta Ethologica 1: 33-41. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Almada, V.C. 1998. Maternal aggression during the mouthbrooding cycle in the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Aggressive Behavior 24 (3): 187-196. PDF
1997 ⇑
Almada, V.C. & Oliveira, R.F. 1997. Sobre o uso de estatística de simulação em estudos de comportamento [On the use of simulation statistics in behavioural studies]. Análise Psicológica 15: 97-109. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. 1997. Sexo, mentiras e handicaps: reflexões sobre os mecanismos de selecção sexual [Sex, lies and handicaps: reflections on the mechanisms of sexual selection]. Análise Psicológica 15: 149-160. PDF
1996 ⇑
Gonçalves, E.J., Almada, V.C. and Oliveira, R.F. and Santos, A.J. 1996. Female-mimicry as a mating tactic in males of the blennid fish Salaria pavo (Teleostei: Blenniidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 76: 529-538. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Almada, V.C. and Canário, A.V.M. 1996. Social modulation of sex steroid concentrations in the urine of male cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Hormones and Behavior 30(1): 2-12. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Almada, V.C. 1996. Dominance hierarchies and social structure in captive groups of the Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ethology Ecology and Evolution 8(1): 39-55. PDF
Oliveira, R.F. & Almada, V.C. 1996. On the (in)stability of dominance hierarchies in a cichlid fish. Aggressive Behavior 22(1): 37-45. PDF
1995 ⇑
Oliveira, R.F. and Almada, V.C. 1995. Sexual dimorphism and allometry of external morphology in Oreochromis mossambicus. Journal of Fish Biology 46(6): 1055-1064. PDF
Almada, V.C., Gonçalves, E.J., Oliveira, R.F. and Santos, A.J. 1995. Courting females: ecological constraints affect sex roles in a natural population of the blenniid fish, Salaria pavo. Animal Behaviour 49(4): 1125-1127. PDF
1994 ⇑
Pereira, P. & Oliveira, R.F. 1994 . A simple method using a single video camera to determine the three-dimensional position of a fish. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers 26(4): 443-446. PDF
1993 ⇑
Almada, V.C., Oliveira, R.F., Gonçalves, E.J., Almeida, A.J. and Barata, E.N. 1993. A new northern limit for the distribution range of Lipophrys canevae (Pisces: Blenniidae) in the Atlantic ocean. Arquivos do Museu Bocage, Nova série, 2(23): 403-408. PDF
Gonçalves, E.J., Almada, V.C., Almeida, A.J. and Oliveira, R.F. 1993. On the occurrence of Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pisces: Blenniidae) on the Portuguese coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 73(2): 465-467. PDF
Oliveira, R.F., Almada, V.C. and Gil, M.F. 1993. The reproductive behavior of the longspine snipefish Macrorhamphosus scolopax (Syngnathiformes, Macrorhamphosidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 36(4): 337-343. PDF
1992 ⇑
Oliveira, R.F., Almada, V.C., Almeida, A.J., Santos, R.S. and Gonçalves, E.J. 1992. A checklist of the Blennioid fishes (Teleostei, Blennioidei) occurring in Portuguese waters. Arquipélago, Life & Earth Sciences 10: 23-37. PDF
Almada, V.C., Gonçalves, E.J., Oliveira, R.F. and Barata, E.N. 1992. Some features of the territories in the breeding males of the intertidal blenny Lipophrys pholis (Pisces: Blenniidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 72(1): 187-197. PDF
1990 ⇑
Almada, V.C., Oliveira, R.F., Barata, E.N., Gonçalves, E.J. and Rito, A.P. 1990. Field observations on the behaviour of the breeding males of Lipophrys pholis (Pisces: Blenniidae). Portugaliae Zoologica 1(4): 27-36. PDF
Almada, V.C., Barata, E.N., Gonçalves, E.J. and Oliveira, R.F. 1990. On the breeding season of Lipophrys pholis (Pisces: Blenniidae) at Arrábida, Portugal. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 70(4): 913-916. PDF
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