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Pairs of cleaner fish prolong interaction duration with client reef fish by increasing service quality

Gingins, Simon ; Bshary, Redouan

In: Behavioral Ecology, 2015, vol. 26, no. 2, p. 350-358

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    Titre
    • Pairs of cleaner fish prolong interaction duration with client reef fish by increasing service quality
    Auteur
    • Gingins, Simon. Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland and
    • Bshary, Redouan. Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland and
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Behavioral Ecology, 2015, vol. 26, no. 2, p. 350-358. Oxford University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:298778
    Summary
    We present field experiments showing that levels of cooperation quantitatively predict the duration of interactions between the cleaner wrasse and its reef fish clients. Our study contrasts the general assumption that cooperating is a discrete decision, lacking a time dimension that would allow for continuous rather than discrete decisions. Our results precisely fit the predictions of a recent model that attempted to increase biological validity through the incorporation of a time component in cooperative interactions