Metabolic costs of fighting are driven by contest performance in male convict cichlid fish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Copeland, Donald L ^a   Levay, Bryan ^b   Sivaraman, Boopathy ^c   Beebe Fugloni, Caili ^b   Earley, Ryan L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amatitlania nigrofasciata; Assessment; Body size; Cichlid; Cortisol; Fighting; Lactate

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FECES; FIGHTING; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; PERCIFORM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SIGNAL; SIZE STRUCTURE; TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 79960557960     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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