Social interactions tune aggression and stress responsiveness in a territorial cichlid fish (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 353-363

  Earley, Ryan L ^a,c   Edwards, Jonathan T ^a   Aseem, Obaidullah ^b   Felton, Kathryn ^a   Blumer, Lawrence S ^b,c   Karom, Mary ^a   Grober, Matthew S ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Georgia State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Contest intensity; Cortisol; Experience; Metabolic cost; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

EID: 33746345287     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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