Effects of fighting decisions on formation and structure of dominance hierarchies

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-61

  Hock, Karlo ^a   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Contest dynamics; Dominance hierarchy; Initiation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONTEST COMPETITION; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIGHTING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM;

EID: 34247893796     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240701237932     Document Type: Article

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