Biogenic amines influence aggressiveness in crayfish but not their force or hierarchical rank

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1715-1724

  Tricarico, Elena ^a   Gherardi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

crayfish; dominance hierarchies; intrinsic characteristics; octopamine; prior experience; Procambarus clarkii; serotonin

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BLOOD; CRAYFISH; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIGHTING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 36749081076     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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