Probing aggressive motivation during territorial contests in a group-living cichlid fish

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-51

  Reddon, Adam R ^a   Balk, Daniel ^a,b   Balshine, Sigal ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Fighting; Motivational probe; Napoleon strategy; Neolamprologus pulcher

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE; FIGHTING; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; CICHLID; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; SELF EVALUATION; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; REACTION TIME; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 84871930546     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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