Do cuttlefish (Cephalopoda) signal their intentions to conspecifics during agonistic encounters?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-81

  Adamo, Shelley A ^a   Hanlon, R T ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; CUTTLEFISH; INTENSE ZEBRA DISPLAY; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING INTENT;

DARKNESS; MALE; MOTIVATION;

CEPHALOPODA; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 0030176971     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0153     Document Type: Article

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