The role of body size and fighting experience in predicting contest behaviour in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-225

  Reaney, Leeann T ^a,b   Drayton, Jean M ^b   Jennions, Michael D ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Contest outcome; Cricket; Fighting behaviour; Recent fighting experience; Self assessment; Teleogryllus commodus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONTEST COMPETITION; CRICKET; DOMINANCE; ENCOUNTER RATE; FIGHTING;

TELEOGRYLLUS COMMODUS; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 78651518419     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1030-0     Document Type: Article

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