A technique for quantitative description of aggression-produced social systems

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 399-406

  Lott, Dale F ^a   North, Gerry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; RESOURCE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL SYSTEM; TERRITORIALITY;

ONCORBYNCUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 0031804571     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00078.x     Document Type: Article

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