The effect of the sex of an audience on male-male displays of Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1211-1221

  Matos, Ricardo J ^a   McGregor, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aggression; Audience effect; Betta splendens; Communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036708829     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390260437344     Document Type: Article

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