Audience effect is context dependent in Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1025-1030

  Dzieweczynski, Teresa L ^a,d   Earley, Ryan L ^b   Green, Tracie M ^c   Rowland, William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Audience effects; Betta splendens; Communication networks

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMMUNICATION; FISH;

ANIMALIA; BETTA SPLENDENS;

EID: 26444515106     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari088     Document Type: Article

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