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Size-dependent aggression towards kin in a cannibalistic species.
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- Size-Dependent Agonistic Interaction Patterns in Juvenile Male Swimming Crabs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- A predator-prey model with age-structured role reversal.Journal of mathematical biology · 2026Article
- Early development of the glucocorticoid stress response in dyeing poison frog tadpoles.General and comparative endocrinology · 2025Article
- Chemical cues of conspecific predation elicit distinct behavioural responses in cannibalistic poison frog tadpoles.Animal behaviour · 2024Article
- Plasticity for the kin and conspecific preferences in the frog tadpoles (Rana ornativentris).Animal cognition · 2022Article
- Size-dependent aggression towards kin in a cannibalistic species.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
In juveniles extreme intraspecies aggression can seem counter-intuitive, as it might endanger their developmental goal of surviving until reproductive stage. Ultimately, aggression can be vital for survival, although the factors (e.g., genetic or environmental) leading to the expression and intensity of this behavior vary across taxa. Attacking (and sometimes killing) related individuals may reduce inclusive fitness; as a solution to this problem, some species exhibit kin discrimination and preferentially attack unrelated individuals. Here, we used both experimental and modeling approaches to consider how physical traits (e.g., size in relation to opponent) and genetic relatedness mediate aggression in dyads of cannibalistic
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