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    Agonistic behaviour is any social behaviour related to fighting. The term has broader meaning than aggressive behaviour because it includes threats, displays...
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    suite of adaptive behaviours, which are used to reinforce the chances of their own survival. Behaviours which arise from agonistic conflict include: fight...
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    for up to 40 minutes, and seem to be a combination of sexual and agonistic behaviour. A 'corroboree' (from the word for a ceremonial meeting of Aboriginal...
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    "Territoriality in the green frog (Rana clamitans): Vocalizations and agonistic behaviour". Animal Behaviour. 26 (4): 1051–1054. doi:10.1016/0003-3472(78)90094-5. S2CID 54344542...
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    paleontologists this structure would be implicated in intraspecific agonistic behaviour, including head-pushing probably during the mating season. On the...
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  • (muscle), a muscle type The Agonist, a Canadian metal band Agonistic behaviour, animal behaviour relating to conflict Search for "agonist" on Wikipedia....
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    71 million years ago and provides direct evidence of predatory or agonistic behaviour in non-avian dinosaurs. The specimen has caused much debate as to...
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    new stallion slowly takes over, peacefully displacing the old one. Agonistic behaviour between male Grévy's zebras occurs at the border of their territories...
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    vocalizations, mechanical sound production, or displays of beauty, strength, or agonistic ability. In some species, males will perform ritualized movements to attract...
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    gets access to estrous females. Dominant males make agonistic behaviours and more sexual behaviours until they are overthrown. Displaced males live alone...
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    308 Lim, Matthew L. M., and Daiqin Li. "Courtship and Male-Male Agonistic Behaviour of Comsophasis Umbratica Simon, an Ornate Jumping Spider (Araneae:...
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    group and emotional state. Agonistic calls are vocalizations used when a banded penguin is demonstrating agonistic behaviour, which is characterized by...
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    (1974-01-01). "Examination of the Agonistic Behaviour of the Crayfish Orconectes Virilis By Character Analysis". Behaviour. 50 (3): 193–215. doi:10.1163/156853974x00453...
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    intraspecific function. This is possible if the tail club was used for agonistic behaviour. However, a sexual dimorphism theory would predict roughly equal...
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    flight behaviour as an optimised strategy for finding their nestmates or foraging for food. Competition between two colonies always results in agonistic behaviour...
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    K. A. (2013). "Born to be bad: agonistic behaviour in hatchling saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus)". Behaviour. 150 (7): 737–762. doi:10.1163/1568539x-00003078...
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    factors, including: kinship, willingness to cooperate, frequency of agonistic behaviour, or varying intensities of dominance structures. Primate social organisation...
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    Phillips, R.E. (1972). "Sexual and agonistic behaviour in the killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)". Animal Behaviour. 20 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(72)80166-0...
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  • reported to date, and interpret those lesions as likely resulting from agonistic behaviour of the studied dinosaurs. Theropod and sauropod trace fossils, including...
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    even-toed ungulates and some of the macropods. This chewing behaviour may be a form of agonistic behaviour when the animal feels threatened. The hyrax does not...
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    Females form an oval shape with their lips when annoyed.: 104–05  Agonistic behaviour typically consists of quarrels between individuals who are trying...
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    morphological structures such as the domed skulls of Tylocephalonyx suggest agonistic behaviour in some sort of social setting. They are related to modern day horses...
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    Territoriality in the green frog (Rana clamitans): Vocalizations and agonistic behaviour. Animal Behaviour. Retrieved October 14, 2022 Meshaka Jr, W. E., & Hughes...
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    2307/2407561. JSTOR 2407561. PMID 28567739. Marshall, S. A. (2000). "Agonistic behaviour and generic synonymy in Australian Clusiidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica...
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    enter feeding flocks. A bill-down posture is another commonly used agonistic behaviour. In this display, a bird lowers its bill and erects its nape and...
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    while crouching and glaring at its opponent. There are no records of agonistic behaviour in female nankeen night herons. Breeding can occur year-round for...
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    (0.62 acres). Home ranges can overlap. Core areas are defended by agonistic behaviour. Male groups live in home ranges envelop those of several female...
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    Researchers have noted rough play behaviour by the mothers towards their pups, which often switched over to agonistic behaviour as well as "handling." The mothers...
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    Lizard (section Behaviour)
    the risk of predation for individuals, particularly for juveniles. Agonistic behaviour typically occurs between sexually mature males over territory or...
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    actao.2006.05.008. Harrison, C.J.O. (1965). "Allopreening as agonistic behaviour". Behaviour. 24 (3–4): 161–209. doi:10.1163/156853965X00011. JSTOR 4533105...
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