Repeated recent aggressive encounters do not affect behavioral consistency in male siamese fighting fish

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-359

  Dzieweczynski, Teresa L ^a   Sullivan, Kalyn R ^a   Forrette, Lindsay M ^a   Hebert, Olivia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BASELINE CONDITIONS; DECISION MAKING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MALE BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; TAIL FEATHER;

MACROPODINAE;

EID: 84858282215     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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