Startle durations reveal visual assessment abilities during contests between convict cichlids

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 750-756

  Arnott, Gareth ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amatitlania nigrofasciata; Contests; Game theory; Motivation; Mutual assessment; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CICHLID; FIGHTING; GAME THEORY; MUTUALISM; SELF ASSESSMENT; VISION;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CICHLID; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CICHLIDS; CUES; MALE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STARTLE REACTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS;

EID: 77953912528     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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