The good, the bad, and the ugly: agonistic behaviour in juvenile crocodilians.

We examined agonistic behaviour in seven species of hatchling and juvenile crocodilians held in small groups (N = 4) under similar laboratory conditions. Agonistic interactions occurred in all seven species, typically involved two individuals, were short in duration (5-15 seconds), and occurred betw...

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Main Authors: Matthew L Brien, Jeffrey W Lang, Grahame J Webb, Colin Stevenson, Keith A Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3859503?pdf=render