Social partner preferences of male and female fighting fish (Betta splendens)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-41

  Snekser, J L ^a   McRobert, S P ^a   Clotfelter, E D ^b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Betta splendens; Gender differences; Siamese fighting fish; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; PERCIFORM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; BETTA; BETTA SPLENDENS;

EID: 32344450929     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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