The role of individual differences in the formation of triadic dominance orders of male green swordtail fish (Xiphophorus helleri)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-296

  Beaugrand, Jacques P ^a   Cotnoir, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Dominance hierarchy; Individual difference; Prior experience of victory or defeat; Size; Xiphophorus helleri

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

XIPHOPHORUS HELLERI;

EID: 0030451871     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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