Fighting costs stabilize aggressive behavior in intersexual conflicts

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-265

  Hardling R ^a   Jormalainen, V ^b   Tuomi, J ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Fighting cost; Intersexual conflicts; Mate guarding

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CRUSTACEAN; EVOLUTION; FIGHTING;

EID: 0343569882     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006667103497     Document Type: Article

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