Behavioral features used to identify invasive potential in the green swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri

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Authors

Danny M. D'Amore¹

1. Ohio University

Conference / event

Ohio University Expo, May 2016 (Athens, Ohio, United States)

Poster summary

Green swordtails exhibited a behavioral syndrome on the axes of boldness, aggression, and exploration. There were differences in behavior detected between the sexes. Further research is required to determine if this is an impact of invasive process, lack of impact from hybridization, or reduced variation due to brood size.

Keywords

animal behavior, invasive biology, behavioral syndrome, ethology, green swordtail, invasive syndrome

Research areas

Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Zoology

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Competing interests

No competing interests were disclosed.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Copyright © 2022 D'Amore. This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.