Aggression, segregation and stability in a dominance hierarchy

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1686, 2010, Pages 1337-1343

  Ang, Tzo Zen ^a   Manica, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance hierarchies; Group stabilization; Reproductive skew; Social conflict; Threat signalling

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CICHLID; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIGNALING; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

CENTROPYGE BICOLOR;

EID: 77952270025     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1839     Document Type: Article

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