Octopamine and occupancy: an aminergic mechanism for intruder–resident aggression in crickets

Aggression is a behavioural strategy for securing resources (food, mates and territory) and its expression is strongly influenced by their presence and value. While it is known that resource holders are generally highly aggressive towards intruding consexuals and usually defeat them, the underlying...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2011-06, Vol.278 (1713), p.1873-1880
Hauptverfasser:	Rillich, Jan, Schildberger, Klaus, Stevenson, Paul A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists - pharmacology Adrenergic beta-Antagonists - pharmacology Aggression Agonistic Behaviour Amines Animal aggression Animals Behavior, Animal Biogenic Amines Biogenic Amines - metabolism Experience-Dependent Plasticity Gryllidae Gryllidae - drug effects Gryllidae - physiology Gryllus bimaculatus Human aggression Insect behavior Insect flight Insects Intruder–resident Paradigm Neurons Octopamine - metabolism Pharmacology Receptors Statistical median Time Factors
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