The link between social network density and rank-order consistency of aggressiveness in juvenile eels

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1073-1083

  Geffroy, Benjamin ^a,b,c   Bru, Noëlle ^b   Dossou Gbété, Simplice ^b   Tentelier, Cédric ^a,b   Bardonnet, Agnès ^a,b  

^a Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Behavioural syndrome; Fish; Personality; Social network

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONNECTIVITY; EEL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84902536815     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1719-6     Document Type: Article

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