Observer gender and observation bias in animal behaviour research: Experimental tests with red-backed salamanders

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1425-1433

  Marsh, David M ^a   Hanlon, Teresa J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMPHIBIAN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENDER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS;

EID: 9944254254     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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