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“Individual” Recognition and Agonistic Behaviour in Pagurus bernhardus

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THERE have been many reports of animals which show some degree of organization in the patterns of agonistic interactions seen in small groups (reviewed in ref. 1) and in several cases the organization was said to be based, in part, on past experience within the group2. When the members of a group alter their intra-group behaviour as a result of past experience, these alterations can be either of a general nature (overall changes in aggressive drive) or can be directed toward group members, which must therefore be recognized in some way.

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HAZLETT, B. “Individual” Recognition and Agonistic Behaviour in Pagurus bernhardus. Nature 222, 268–269 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222268a0

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