Stability of dominance relationships in crayfish depends on social context

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-199

  Graham, Meghan E ^a   Herberholz, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; crayfish; dominance; hierarchy; intruder; Procambarus clarkii

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CRAYFISH; DOMINANCE; JUVENILE;

ASTACOIDEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 57449083577     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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