Aggression and dominance in cichlids in resident-intruder tests: the role of environmental enrichment
When establishing dominance residents have a greater likelihood to dominate intruders than vice versa, partially because the resident has more to loose that the intruder has to win. This is known as the prior residency effect. In environmentally rich environments this effect should be stronger than...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
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Series: | Neotropical Ichthyology |
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