Courtship by subordinate male Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens: Their response to eavesdropping and naïve females

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-78

  Herb, Brodie M ^a   Biron, Suzanne A ^a   Kidd, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 0037884866     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903763999908     Document Type: Article

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