Journal article
Fight for your breeding right: hierarchy re-establishment predicts aggression in a social queue
Abstract
Social aggression is one of the most conspicuous features of animal societies, yet little is known about the causes of individual variation in aggression within social hierarchies. Recent theory suggests that when individuals form queues for breeding, variation in social aggression by non-breeding group members is related to their probability of inheriting breeding status. However, levels of aggression could also vary as a temporary response to …
Authors
Wong M; Balshine S
Journal
Biology Letters, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 190–193
Publisher
The Royal Society
Publication Date
April 23, 2011
DOI
10.1098/rsbl.2010.0639
ISSN
1744-9561