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Rui at dusk! RUI F. OLIVEIRA
Full Professor, with tenure
(Professor catedrático)

E-mail: ruiol@ispa.pt

Phone: + 351 21 8811708
Lab: + 351 21 8811759
Fax: + 351 21 8860954
 
:: Research interests

- Social modulation of hormones, brain and behaviour in animals and men
- Sexual plasticity of reproduction in teleost fish (in particular an integrative approach to the study of alternative reproductive tactics)
- Fish welfare and cognition
- Non-invasive methods to measure steroids in aquatic vertebrates (e.g. fish, dolphins)
 

:: Selected publications

- Oliveira, R.F., Carneiro, L.A. and Canário, A.V.M. 2005. No hormonal response in tied fights. Nature 437: 207-208.

- 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.

- 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.

- Oliveira, R.F., Lopes, M., Carneiro, L.A. and Canário, A.V.M. 2001. Watching fights raises fish hormone levels. Nature 409: 475.

- 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.

   
 
last update: 25-5-2010