A poor start in life negatively affects dominance status in adulthood independent of body size in green swordtails Xiphophorus helleri

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1575, 2005, Pages 1917-1922

  Royle, Nick J ^a   Lindström, Jan ^a   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Growth; Life history traits; Nutrition; Signalling; Social status

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; FISH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FISH; GROWTH ACCELERATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERI;

PISCES; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 26244441536     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3190     Document Type: Article

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