Probing aggressive motivation in a cichlid fish
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Probing aggressive motivation in a cichlid fish.
The duration of startles provides an inverse measure of motivation to resume the previous activity. Here, we use a novel method in which one convict cichlid fish (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) of a competing pair was startled independently of the opponent. Fish were given various opponents and the mean startle duration determined. This mean was negatively correlated with the mean use of highly esc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0526