Opponent familiarity influences the audience effect in male-male interactions in Siamese fighting fish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1219-1224

  Dzieweczynski, Teresa L ^a   Gill, Courtney E ^a   Perazio, Christina E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Audience effect; Betta splendens; Communication network; Familiarity; Male male interaction; Siamese fighting fish; Social context

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; FAMILIARITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

BETTA SPLENDENS; MACROPODINAE;

EID: 84859710510     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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