A comparative study of aggressiveness in eastern North American field cricket species (genus Gryllus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1397-1407

  Jang, Yikweon ^a,b   Gerhardt, H Carl ^a   Choe, Jae C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Gryllus; Resource holding potential; Resource value; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; AGGRESSION; ANCESTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICKET; PHYLOGENY; SIZE EFFECT; TERRITORIALITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS FULTONI; GRYLLUS PENNSYLVANICUS; GRYLLUS RUBENS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 44949184430     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0568-6     Document Type: Article

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