Do right-biased boxers do it better? Population-level asymmetry of aggressive displays enhances fighting success in blowflies

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-162

  Romano, Donato ^a   Canale, Angelo ^a   Benelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggression; Arthropods; Calliphoridae; Laterality; Male male contests

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ASYMMETRY; CONTEST COMPETITION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ENTOMOLOGY; FIGHTING; FLY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BOXING; CALLIPHORA VOMITORIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; FIGHTING; FOOD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DIPTERA; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTHROPODA; CALLIPHORA VOMITORIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DIPTERA; EXTREMITIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE;

EID: 84923019092     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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