Behavioural syndrome, but not invasive syndrome, found in hybrid Xiphophorus helleri populations

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Authors

Danny M. D'Amore¹

1. Ohio University

Conference / event

Animal Behaviour Society, June 2017 (Toronto, Canada)

Poster summary

Green swordtails exhibited a behavioral syndrome on the axes of boldness, aggression, and exploration. This behavioral syndrome was detected in a native population, invasive population, and hybrid breeding population – therefore, it cannot be called an invasive syndrome. Differences between native and hybrid breeding populations suggests that the breeding pool or method used to harvest fish is driving differences in behavior observed.

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.