Male siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens, increase rather than conceal courtship behavior when a rival is present

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-195

  Dzieweczynski, Teresa L ^a   Lyman, Sarah ^a   Poor, Elysia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b Formulation Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COURTSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTION;

BETTA SPLENDENS; MACROPODINAE;

EID: 58649110831     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01602.x     Document Type: Article

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