Sibling bullying during infancy does not make wimpy adults

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 869-871

  Sánchez Macouzet, Oscar ^a   Drummond, Hugh ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Dominance; Early development; Long term; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HORMONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEABIRD;

EID: 82455205838     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0461     Document Type: Article

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