Aggression in invertebrates

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 736-743

  Kravitz, Edward A ^a   Huber, Robert ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; BEE; BEHAVIOR; CRAB; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOKED RESPONSE; INSECT SOCIETY; INVERTEBRATE; ISOPTERA; LOBSTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIDER; WASP;

EID: 0344687359     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2003.10.003     Document Type: Review

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