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Félix, A.S., A.I. Faustino, E.M. Cabral, & R.F. Oiveira. in press. Non-invasive measurement of steroid hormones in zebrafish holding-water. Zebrafish.
2013
Marques PAM, Jorge PE 2013. Winter latitudinal population age-structure of a migratory seagull (Larus fuscus) differs between its two major migratory flyways. International Journal of Ecology 2013: Article ID 737616, 7 pages
Saraiva, J.L., Gonçalves, D.M. & Oliveira, R.F. 2013. Ecological modulation of reproductive behaviour in the peacock blenny: a mini-review. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 39: 85-89. DOI: 10.1007/s10695-012-9658-5 pdf
2012
Almeida, O., Gozdowska, M. , Kulczykowska, E. & 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
Costa RM; Miller GF; Brody S. 2012. Women Who Prefer Longer Penises Are More Likely to Have Vaginal Orgasms (but Not Clitoral Orgasms): Implications for an Evolutionary Theory of Vaginal Orgasm. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 9, 3079-3088. pdf
Costa RM. 2012. Masturbation is related to psychopathology and prostate dysfunction: comment on Quinsey. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, 539-540. pdf
Fagundes, T., M.G. Simões, D. Gonçalves, & R.F. Oliveira. 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. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.07.011 pdf
Galhardo, L., A. Vitorino & R.F. Oliveira. 2012. Social familiarity modulates personality trait in a cichlid fish. Biology Letters, Epub ahead of print August 1, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0500. pdf
Jorge PE, Almada F, Gonçalves AR, Duarte-Coelho P, Almada VC. 2012. Homing in rocky intertidal fish. Are Lipophrys pholis L. able to perform true navigation? Animal Cognition, online first. DOI 10.1007/s10071-012-0541-7 pdf
Jorge PE, Marques PAM. 2012. Decision-making in pigeon flocks: a democratic view of leadership. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 2414-2417. doi: 10.1242/jeb.070375 pdf
Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Social plasticity in fish: integrating mechanisms and function. Journal of Fish Biology 81: 2127-2150. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03477.x pdf
Roque, L., Veríssimo, M., Oliveira, T.F. & 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. doi: 10.1002/dev.20598 pdf
Ros, A.F.H., Oliveira, R.F, Dijkstra, P.D., & 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.M. & Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Interpopulational variation of the mating system in the peacock blenny. Acta Ethologica, 15: 25-31. doi: 10.1007/s10211-011-0104-y pdf
Simões, J.M., Teles, M., Oliveira, R.F., Van Der Linden, A. & Verhoye, M. 2012. A three-dimensional stereotaxic MRI brain atlas of the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. PLoS One 7(9): e44086 pdf
Soares, M.C., Bshary, R., Cardoso, S.C., Côté, I.M., & Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Face Your Fears: Cleaning Gobies Inspect Predators despite Being Stressed by Them. PLoS ONE 7(6): e39781. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039781 pdf
Soares, M.C., Bshary, R., Mendonça, R., Grutter, A.S. & Oliveira, R.F. 2012. Arginine Vasotocin Regulation of Interspecific Cooperative Behaviour in a Cleaner Fish. PLoS ONE 7(7): e39583. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039583 pdf
Taborsky, B. & R.F. Oliveira. 2012. Social competence: an evolutionary approach. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, online first. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.09.003. pdf
Teles, M.C., Sîrbulescu, R.F., Wellbrock, U.M, Oliveira, R.F. & 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
2011
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
Côté, I.M. & Soares, M.C. Gobies as cleaners. 2011. In: The Biology of gobies (ed: R.A. Patzner, J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovacic & B.G. Kapoor), Science Publishers Inc. pdf
Costa, S.S., Andrade, R., Carneiro, L.A., Gonçalves, E.J., Kotrschal, K. & 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
Galhardo, L., Almeida, O. & 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. & Oliveira, R.F. 2011. The role of predictability in the stress response of a cichlid fish. Physiology and Behavior. 102: 367-372 pdf
Jorge PE 2011. Odors in the contexct of animal navigation. In: The biology of odors: Sources, Olfaction and Response (Weiss LE, Atwood JM eds). Nova Science Publishers Inc. USA, 207-226 pp.
Lacava, R.V., Brasileiro, L., Maia, R., Oliveira, R.F. & Macedo, R.H. 2011. Social environment affects testosterone level in captive male blue-black grassquits. Hormones and Behavior. 59: 51-55 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. & Simões, J.M. 2011. Fighting zebrafish: characterization of aggressive behaviour and winner-loser effects. Zebrafish 8: 73-81 pdf
Ros, A.F.H., Lusa, J., Meyer, M., Soares, M., Oliveira, R.F., Brossard, M. & 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
Saraiva, J.L., Gonçalves, D.M., Simões, M. & 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. & Bshary, R. 2011. Tactile stimulation lowers stress in fish. Nature Communications 2: 534 pdf
2010
Gonçalves, D.M., Saraiva, J., Teles, M., Teodósio, R., Canário, A.V.M. & 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: 155-161pdf
Gonçalves, D. & Oliveira, R.F. 2010. Hormones and sexual behavior of teleost fishes. In: Hormones and reproduction of vertebrates (D Norris, KH Lopez, eds). Academic Press. Vol. 1, pp. 119-147. pdf
Saraiva, J.L., Gonçalves, D. & 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
Soares M.C., Bshary R., Fusani L., Goymann W., Hau M., Hirschenhauser K. & Oliveira R.F. 2010. Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behavior. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences. 365, 2737-2750 pdf
Soares, M.C., Côté, I.M., Cardoso, S.C., Oliveira, R.F. & Bshary, R. 2010. Caribbean cleaning gobies prefer client ectoparasites over mucus. Ethology. 116: 1244-1248 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
Barata, E.N., Serrano, R. & Gonçalves D. 2009. Communication in blennies. In: Patzner, R., Hastings, P., Gonçalves, E.J. & Kapoor, B.G. (eds.). The Biology of Blennies. Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, N.H.
Jorge PE, Marques AE, Phillips JB 2009. Activational rather than navigational effects of odors on young pigeon homing. Current Biology 19, 650-654.
Galhardo, L., Almeida, O. & 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
Galhardo, L. & R.F. Oliveira. 2009. Psychological stress and welfare in fish. Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences 11: 1-20. pdf
Leong, H., Ros, A.F.H. & Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Effects of putative stressors in public aquaria on activity, metabolic rate and cortisol levels of a cichlid fish. Journal of Fish Biology 74, 1549–1561. pdf
Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Social behavior in context: hormonal modulation of behavioural plasticity and social competence. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: 423-440. pdf
Oliveira, R.F., Gonçalves, D.M. & Ros, A.F.H. 2009. Evolution and development of alternative reproductive tactics in blennies: a tale of two species. In: Patzner, R., Hastings, P., Gonçalves, E.J. & Kapoor, B.G. (eds.). The Biology of Blennies. Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, N.H. pdf
Oliveira, R.F., Silva, A. & Canario, A.V.M. 2009. Why do winners keep winning? Androgen mediation of winner but not loser effects in cichlid fish. Proceedings Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276: 2249–2256. pdf
Oliveira, T., Gouveia, M.J. & Oliveira, R.F. 2009. Testosterone responsiveness to winning and losing experiences in female soccer players. Psychoneuroendocrinology 34: 1056-1064. pdf
Phillips JB, Jorge PE 2009. What can homing pigeons tell us about navigational impairments in Alzheimer's patients? Activational effect of odors. Communicative Integrative Biology, 2, 494-496
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
Ros, A.F.H., Fagundes, T. & 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
Saraiva, J.L., Oliveira, R.F., Barata, E.N. & Canario, A.V.M. 2009. The effect of nest aggregation on the reproductive behaviour of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo. Journal of Fish Biology 74: 754–762. pdf
2008
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
Brockmann, H.J., Taborsky, M. and Oliveira, R.F. 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
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
Galhardo, L., Correia, J. and Oliveira, R.F. 2008. The effect of substrate availability on behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare in the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Animal Welfare 17: 239-254. pdf
Garamszegui, L.Z., Hirschenhauser, K., BÓKONY, V., Eens, M., Hurtrez-Boussès, S., Moller, A.P., Oliveira, R.F. and Wingfield, J.C. 2008. Latitudinal distribution, migration and testosterone levels in birds. American Naturalist 172: 533-546. 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. 132-173. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Gonçalves, D.M., 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
Hirschenhauser, K., Canario, 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
Oliveira, R.F. and Canário, A.V.M. 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
Oliveira, R.F. and 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
Scott, A.P., Hirschenhauser, K., Bender, N., Oliveira, R.F., Earley, R.L., Sebire, M., Ellis, T., Pavlidis, M., Hubbard, P., Huertas, M. and Canario 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
Taborsky, M., Brockmann, H.J. & Oliveira, R.F. 2008. The evolution of alternative mating tactics: concepts and questions. In: Oliveira, R.F., Taborsky, M. & Brockmann, H.J. (eds.). Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an integrative approach. pp. 1-21. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pdf
2007
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
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
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
Oliveira, R.F. and 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
2006
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
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
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
Galhardo, L. and 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
Hirschenhauser, K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2006. Social modulation of androgen levels in Vertebrates: a meta-analysis of the challenge hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 71: 265-277. pdf
Oliveira, R.F. 2006. The neuroendocrinology of fish sexual behaviour: mechanisms and implications for endocrine disruption studies. In: U. Magnusson and B. Brunström (Eds.), Reproductive Behaviour and Environmental Pollutants, p. 15. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm.
Oliveira, R.F. 2006. Neuroendocrine mechanisms of alternative reproductive tactics in fish. In: K.A. Sloman, R.W. Wilson and S. Balshine (Guest Editors; W.S. Hoar, D.J. Randall and A.P. Farrell, Series editors), Fish Physiology, vol. 24: Behaviour: Interactions with Physiology. Elsevier, New York. 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(2):164-70. 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
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
2005
Galhardo, L. and Oliveira, R.F. 2005. Dos Peixes e dos Homens: o estudo do bem-estar animal aplicado à piscicultura. ZOOTEC2005 – Anais do VII Congresso Internacional de Zootecnia, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. pdf
Gonçalves, D.M., Matos, R., Fagundes, T. and Oliveira R.F. 2005. Do bourgeois males of the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo, discriminate females from female-mimicking sneaker males? Ethology 111: 559-772. pdf
Groothuis, T.G.G. and Ros, A.F.H. 2005. The hormonal control of begging and early aggressive behavior: experiments in black-headed gull chicks. Hormones and Behavior 48: 207-215. pdf
Jordão, J.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2005. Wandering in male fiddler crabs (Uca tangeri): alternative reproductive tactic or functional constraint? Behaviour 142: 929-939. pdf
Oliveira, R.F. 2005. Hormones, social context and animal communication. In: P.K. McGregor (Ed), Animal Communication Networks, pp. 481-520. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pdf
Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L.A. and Canário, A.V.M. 2005. No hormonal response in tied fights. Nature 437: 207-208. pdf
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
2004
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
Oliveira R.F. 2004. Social modulation of androgens in vertebrates: mechanisms and function. In: P.J.B. Slater, J.S. Rosenblatt, C.T. Snowdon and T.J. Roper (Eds), Advances in the Study of Behavior - Vol. 34, pp165-239. Academic Press, New York. pdf
Ros A.F.H., Becker, K., Canário, A.V.M. and Oliveira R.F. 2004. Androgen levels and energy metabolism in the Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. Journal of Fish Biology 65: 895-905. pdf
Ros A.F.H., Bruintjes, F., 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., Gonçalves, D., Oliveira, R.F. and Partridge, J.C. 2004. Vision and visual variation in the peacock blenny (Salaria pavo). 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
Gonçalves, D., Fagundes, T. and Oliveira, R.F. 2003. Field reproductive behaviour of sneaker males of the peacock blenny. Journal of Fish Biology 63: 528-532. pdf
Gonçalves, D. and 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). Acta Ethologica 6: 1-5. 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
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
Jordão, J.M. and 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
Miranda, J.A., Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L.A., Dantos, 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
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., Canario 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
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
2002
Gonçalves, D., 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, Salaria pavo. Journal of Fish Biology 61: 96-105. pdf
Gonçalves, D., 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
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
Henriques, M., Lourenço, R., Almada, F., Calado, G., Gonçalves, D., Guillemau, T., Cancela, M.L. and Almada, V. 2002. A revision of the status of Lepadogaster lepadogaster: sympatric sub-species or a long misunderstood blend of species? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 327-338. 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
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
Ros A.F.H., Dieleman S.J. and Groothuis T.G.G. 2002. Social stimuli, testosterone, and aggression in gull chicks: support for the challenge hypothesis. Hormones and Behavior 41:334-342. pdf
2001
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
Burford, F.R.L., McGregor, P.K.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2001. Male-like mudballing behavior of some female fiddler crabs (Uca tangeri). Journal of Ethology 19: 97-103. pdf
Burford, F.R.L., McGregor, P.K.M. 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
Burford, F.R.L., McGregor, P.K.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2001. Mudballing revisited: further investigations into the construction behaviour of male Uca tangeri. Behaviour 138: 221-234. 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(3): 283-286. pdf
Jordão, J.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2001. Sex differences in predator evasion in the fiddler crab Uca tangeri (Decapoda: Ocypodidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 21: 948-953. pdf
Jordão, J.M. and Oliveira, R.F. 2001. Major claws make fiddler crabs more conspicuous to visual predators: a test using human observers. Hydrobiologia 449: 241-247. 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 alternative reproductive tactics and male polymorphism 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 behaviour and morphology of alternative reproductive males of the Azorean rock-pool blenny. Hormones and Behavior 39: 157-166. pdf
Oliveira, R.F., Canário, A.V.M. and Grober, M. 2001. Male sexual polymorphism, alternative reproductive tactics, and androgens in combtooth blennies (Pisces: Blenniidae). Hormones and Behavior 40: 266-275. pdf
Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L.A., Gonçalves, D., Canário, A.V.M. and Grober, M. 2001. 11-ketotestosterone inhibits the alternative mating tactic in sneaker males of the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 58, 28-37.
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
Oliveira, R.F., Lopes, M., Carneiro, L.A. and Canário, A.V.M. 2001. Watching fights raises fish hormone levels. Nature 409: 475. pdf
Oliveira, R.F., Ros, A.F.H., Hirschenhauser, K. and Canario A.V.M. 2001. Androgens and mating systems in fish: intra- and inter-specific analyses. In: H.J.Th. Goos, R.K. Rastogi, H. Vaudry and R. Pierantoni (eds). Perspectives in Comparative Endocrinology: Unity and Diversity. Medimond Inc. pp 985-993. 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 to Sasvári, Hegyi & Péczeli. Ethology 107:851-853. pdf
2000
Burford, F., 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
Burford, F., McGregor, P.K. and Oliveira, R.F. 2000. The sequence of mudball placement by male fiddler crabs, Uca tangeri. Etología 8: 53-55. pdf
Carlisle, S.L., Marxer-Miller, S.K., Canário, A.V.M., Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L.A. 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
Gonçalves, D., 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
Oliveira, R.F. and Canário, A.V.M. 2000. Hormones and social behaviour in cichlid fishes: a case study in the Mozambique tilapia. In: R.M. Coleman & W. Leibel (Eds.), Cichlid Research: State of the Art. Journal of Aquariculture & Aquatic Sciences 9: 109-129. pdf
Oliveira, R.F., Machado, J.L., Jordão, J.M., Burford, F., 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
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., 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
Oliveira, R.F., Rosenthal, G.G., Schlupp, I., McGregor, P., Cuthill, I., Endler, J., Fleishman, L., Zeil, J., Barata, E., Burford, F., Gonçalves, D., Healey, M., Jakobson, S., Jennions, M., Körner, K., Lindstrom, L., Peake, T., Pilastro, A., Pope, D., Roberts, S., Rowe, C., Smith, J., and Waas, J. 2000. Considerations on the use of video playbacks as visual stimuli: the Lisbon workshop consensus. Acta Ethologica 3: 61-65. 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
1999
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 and E.J. Gonçalves (Eds), Behaviour and Conservation of Littoral Fishes ISPA: Lisboa. pdf
Oliveira, R.F. and 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
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
1998
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., 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
Gonçalves, D., Gonçalves, E.J., Almada, V.C. and Almeida, S.P. 1998. Comparative behaviour of two species of Lepadogaster (Pisces: Gobiesocidae) living at different depths. Journal of Fish Biology 53: 447-450. 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. and 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. and 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. and 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
Oliveira, R.F. and Almada, V.C. 1998. Maternal aggression during the mouthbrooding cycle in the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Aggressive Behavior 24 (3): 187-196. pdf
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. and 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., McGregor, P.K., Burford, F., 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., McGregor, P.K. and Latruffe, C. 1998. Know thine enemy: gathering information on fighting ability of potential rivals in Siamese fighting fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 265:1045-1049. pdf
1997
Almada, V.C. and Oliveira, R.F. 1997. Sobre o uso de estatística de simulação em estudos de comportamento. Análise Psicológica 15: 97-109. pdf
Oliveira, R.F. 1997. Sexo, mentiras e handicaps: reflexões sobre os mecanismos de selecção sexual. Análise Psicológica 15: 149-160. pdf
1996
Gonçalves, E.J., Almada, V.C., Almeida, S.P., Gonçalves, D., Repas, M. and Simões, F.N. 1996. Observations on the Agonistic Behaviour of Lepadogaster lepadogaster purpurea (Pisces: Gobiesocidae). Journal of Fish Biology 49: 367-369. pdf
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. and 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., and Almada, V.C. 1996. On the (in)stability of dominance hierarchies in a cichlid fish. Aggressive Behavior 22(1): 37-45. 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
1995
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
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
1994
Oliveira, R.F. 1994. Hormonas e Comportamento - aspectos actuais da endocrinologia comportamental. In Biologia e Comportamento - Actas do I Congresso Nacional de Etologia, (V.C. Almada & R.F. Oliveira, eds.), pp. 73-82. ISPA: Lisboa. pdf
Oliveira, R.F. and Almada, V.C. 1994. Análise qualitativa do comportamento na tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Pisces, Cichlidae) - etograma dos juvenis. In Biologia e Comportamento - Actas do I Congresso Nacional de Etologia (V.C. Almada & R.F. Oliveira, eds.), pp.153-162. ISPA: Lisboa. pdf
Pereira, P. and 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
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
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
1990
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
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