Variation in aggressive behaviour in the poeciliid fish Brachyrhaphis episcopi: Population and sex differences

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Archard, Gabrielle A ^a   Braithwaite, Victoria A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Mirror response; Population difference; Predation; Sex difference; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION RISK; SEX DETERMINATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRACHYRAPHIS EPISCOPI; FISH; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERAMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POPULATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

BRACHYRHAPHIS EPISCOPI; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 78650514549     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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