I know you: Familiarity with an audience influences male-male interactions in Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1277-1284

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Audience effects; Communication networks; Familiarity; Siamese fighting fish

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; CONSPECIFIC; FAMILIARITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PERCIFORM;

BETTA SPLENDENS; MACROPODINAE;

EID: 84865632103     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1381-9     Document Type: Article

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