Familial strife on the seashore: Aggression increases with relatedness in the sea anemone Actinia equina

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 243-245

  Foster, Nicola L ^a   Briffa, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinia equina; AFLP; Aggression; Contest; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ACTINIA EQUINA; AFLP; AGGRESSION; CONTEST; RELATEDNESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; SEA ANEMONES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84893638581     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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