Decisions during fights in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus: mutual or self assessment of energy, weapons and size?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1053-1062

  Briffa, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acheta domesticus; assessment; contest; decision; fighting; RHP

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; CRICKET; DECISION MAKING; FIGHTING; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS;

EID: 39449135638     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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