Metabolic costs of aggressive behaviour in the Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 474-480

  Castro, Nídia ^a   Ros, Albert F H ^a   Becker, Klaus ^b   Oliveira, Rui F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Betta splendens; Communication; Costs; Oxygen consumption; Winner loser effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748555213     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20147     Document Type: Article

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