Social aggression in an age-dependent dominance hierarchy

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 753-765

  Cronin, Adam L ^a   Field, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Future fitness; Hierarchy; Inheritance queue; Social rank

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LIOSTENOGASTER FLAVOLINEATA;

EID: 34548718308     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781476436     Document Type: Article

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