Information gathering during contests: The relationship between lateralisation and contestant behaviour during fallow deer fights

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 278-282

  Jennings, Dómhnall J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contest structure; Fighting; Lateralisation; Mutual assessment; Opponent only assessment; Visual assessment

Indexed keywords

CONTEST STRUCTURE; FIGHTING; LATERALISATION; MUTUAL ASSESSMENT; OPPONENT-ONLY ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ASSESSMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTLERS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEER; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84893706717     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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