The ghost of social environments past: Dominance relationships include current interactions and experience carried over from previous groups

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 818-821

  Tanner, Colby J ^a,b   Salali, Gul Deniz ^c   Jackson, Andrew L ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Aggression; Carry over effects; Dominance hierarchy; Fission fusion; Social environment

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; CRAB; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUP SIZE;

EID: 80054727672     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0325     Document Type: Article

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