Bystanders to contests between conspecifics are primed for increased aggression in male fighting fish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-347

  Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a,b   Paolino, Aaron D ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BETTA; BETTA SPLENDENS;

EID: 0043071566     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2227     Document Type: Article

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