The growth benefits of aggressive behavior vary with individual metabolism and resource predictability

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 253-261

  Hoogenboom, Mia O ^a,d   Armstrong, John D ^b   Groothuis, Ton G G ^c   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aggression; animal personality; behavioral strategy; dominance behavior; food predictability; resting metabolic rate; Salmo trutta

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOMINANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; SALMONID; SHELTER;

ANIMALIA; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 84871229234     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars161     Document Type: Article

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