Artigo Revisado por pares

Lateralisation in agonistic encounters: do mirror tests reflect aggressive behaviour? A study on a West African cichlid

2016; Wiley; Volume: 89; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/jfb.13069

ISSN

1095-8649

Autores

Ulrike Scherer, Michael Buck, Wiebke Schuett,

Tópico(s)

Morphological variations and asymmetry

Resumo

In this study, population level lateralisation and the suitability of mirror tests as a test of natural aggressive behaviour in male rainbow kribs Pelvicachromis pulcher was investigated. Aggressive behaviour in live agonistic trials correlated positively with behaviours towards a mirror image and no visual lateralisation was detected.

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