Differences in aggression between wild-type and domesticated fighting fish are context dependent

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-83

  Verbeek, Peter ^a   Iwamoto, Toshitaka ^b   Murakami, Noboru ^b  

^a Miyazaki International College   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

aggression; Betta spp.; domesticated strain; fighting fish; gill display; mutual viewing; video playback; wild type

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; TELEOST; TERRITORY; WILD POPULATION;

BETTA; BETTA SMARAGDINA; BETTA SPLENDENS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33845728519     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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