Male sexual harassment alters female social behaviour towards other females

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-188

  Darden, Safi K ^a   Watts, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Poecilia reticulata; Sexual conflict; Sexual harassment; Shoaling; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COPULATION; FAMILIARITY; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL NETWORK; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO];

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84860319603     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0807     Document Type: Article

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