The energetic costs of fighting in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus L.

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-36

  Hack, Mace A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggression; assessment; energy; Gryllidae; respirometry; signal honesty

Indexed keywords

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; GRYLLIDAE; ORTHOPTERA;

ENERGETIC COST; FIGHTING; HOUSE CRICKET; STRIDULATION;

EID: 0030618880     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.28     Document Type: Article

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