Why are small males aggressive?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1569, 2005, Pages 1235-1241

  Morrell, Lesley J ^a,b   Lindström, Jan ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Fighting; Game theory; Napoleon complex

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FIGHTING; GAME THEORY; PERCEPTION;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FIGHTING; MALADJUSTMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAME; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAME THEORY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 24044538587     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3085     Document Type: Article

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