Winner and loser effects and the structure of dominance hierarchies

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 583-587

  Dugatkin, Lee Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance hierarchies; Resource holding power; Winner and loser effects

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE HIERARCHY; MODELLING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031465614     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.6.583     Document Type: Article

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