Home field advantage in rock bass, Ambloplites rupestris, and what doesn't cause it.
2009
Bredell, Bryce
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64874/1/Bredell_Bryce_2009.pdf
Show more [+] Less [-]Home field advantage is an evolutionarily stable strategy in which the convention of “resident will attack and intruder will flee,” is upheld in a population. The Rock Bass, Ambloplites rupestris is a territorial member of the centrarchid family. When intruders are introduced into the territory of a resident bass, the resident bass will show agonistic behaviors towards the intruder, and the intruder will flee. This paper focuses on determining whether there is a pheromone or chemical released into the water by a resident bass to label itself as the ‘owner’ of a territory. Our experiment found no indication of such a hormone which indicates that the home field advantage convention followed by the rock bass is established by environmental cues other than pheromones released into the water.
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