Sökning: "fighting behaviour"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden fighting behaviour.

1. 1. Behaviour and metabolic rates of brown trout and Atlantic salmon : Influence of food, environment and social interactions

   Författare :Linnea Lans; Larry Greenberg; Eva Bergman; Felicity Huntingford; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Salmo trutta; Salmo salar; behaviour; metabolic rates; Biology; Biologi;

   Sammanfattning : For Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta), the decision to migrate or when to migrate is believed to be influenced by the individual’s metabolic rate (MR) relative its food intake. As MR was expected to be related to behaviour, the potential links between behaviour and metabolic costs was studied. LÄS MER

3. 2. Competition in caddis larvae

   Författare :Göran Englund; S. Kohler; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Agrypnia pagetana; Arctopsyche ladogensis; emigration; fighting behaviour; habitat selection; Hydropsyche siltalai; Hydropsychidae; immigration; predation; resource competition; sequential assessment game;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with behavioural strategies used by caddis larvae in pairwise contests and when selecting microhabitats. Effects of caddis larvae on survival and habitat selection of other insect taxa have also been studied. LÄS MER

4. 3. Coping strategies and health-related quality of life in persons with traumatic spinal cord lesion

   Författare :Magnus Lundgren Elfström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :spinal cord injuries; scale development; coping behaviour; distress; mental health; quality of life; psychometrics; validation; cross-sectional;

   Sammanfattning : Aims: The overall aims of the thesis were to investigate coping strategies employed by persons with traumatic spinal cord lesion (SCL) to cope with the lesion and its consequences, and to study the relations between coping strategies and health-related quality of life (HRQL). Further, specific contributions to SCL-related scale development were given. LÄS MER

5. 4. Risk assessment and contest behaviour in the Cichlid fish Nannacara anomala

   Författare :Olle Brick; Felicity A. Huntingford; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; zoologi; Zoology;

   Sammanfattning : The risk of predation is an important factor for our understanding of animal behaviour in general. This thesis investigates the influence of predation risk on fighting behaviour in the cichlid fish Nannacara anomala. LÄS MER

7. 5. Music and other strategies in the care of agitated individuals with dementia. A nursing perspective

   Författare :Hans Ragneskog; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agitation; care; dementia; elderly; integration; nursing; music; restlessness; video recording;

   Sammanfattning : Agitation is an overarching term commonly used to describe the behaviour of elderly restless patients with dementia. The concept includes behaviour such as tension, aggression, aimless wandering, pacing, cursing, screaming, and fighting. LÄS MER