Researchers have documented increased agonistic behaviors in regions experiencing habitat loss or food scarcity. For wildlife managers, monitoring changes in the frequency of these aggressive ...

During the bond formation phase, the ratio of partner-directed vs stranger-directed affiliative behaviors increases in wild types and following the bond formation in the bond maintenance phase, wild ...

Carpenter, K. (1997) Agonistic Behavior in Pachycephalosaurs (Ornithischia, Dinosauria); a New Look at Head-Butting Behavior. Contributions to Geology, 32, 19-25.

Avoidance, lateness, and sarcasm can all be examples of passive-aggressive behavior and cause a lot of harm to some people. Learn more.

Here, we investigated the metabolism of ethanol and its impact on survival and behavior in the Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis), a social wasp that naturally consumes ethanol. We show that chronic ...

For example, both intrasexual male and female aggression has been reported in dyadic agonistic encounters in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher (Taves et al., 2009), and ...

Oxytocin isn't just a "love hormone" that bonds us together. New research suggests that it can also trigger antisocial behavior and aggression.

These behaviors are directed toward a specific goal and can be reinforced by immediate, observable outcomes. For example, courtship can be rewarded by copulation, agonistic behaviors can be reinforced ...

Butterflies: Agonistic display or courtship behavior? A review of contests over mating opportunity in butterflies provides surprising results Date: September 6, 2016 Source: Springer Summary: A ...

However, cooperative and affiliative behaviors are considerably more common than agonistic behaviors in all primate species.