Lovers and fighters: male stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, differ in their responses to conflicting stimuli

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-406

  Dzieweczynski, Teresa L ^a   Mack, Colleen L ^a   Granquist, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; behavioural trade off; courtship; decision making; Gasterosteus aculeatus; repeatability; threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INCOMPATIBILITY; TELEOST; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 68349133615     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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