Are cleaner fish, Labroides dimidiatus, inequity averse?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 665-674

  Raihani, N J ^a   McAuliffe, K ^b   Brosnan, S F ^c   Bshary, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cleaner fish; Cooperation; Fairness; Inequity aversion; Labroides dimidiatus; Punishment

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CORAL REEF; FOOD PREFERENCE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; PERCIFORM;

ANIMALIA; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS;

EID: 84865362370     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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