Understanding contest skill to reduce the welfare costs of aggression

Lucy Oldham, Gareth Arnott, Mark Briffa, Agnieszka Futro, Jo Donbavand, Alena Kadlecova, Ali Alameer, Manzar Malik, Mhairi Jack, Iona Smith, Mark Brims, Claire Anderson, Simon P. Turner

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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2025.0563
Published: 2026-04-15
Container: Biology Letters
Publisher: The Royal Society
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@article{allodium:10.1098/rsbl.2025.0563,
  title = {Understanding contest skill to reduce the welfare costs of aggression},
  author = {Lucy Oldham and Gareth Arnott and Mark Briffa and Agnieszka Futro and Jo Donbavand and Alena Kadlecova and Ali Alameer and Manzar Malik and Mhairi Jack and Iona Smith and Mark Brims and Claire Anderson and Simon P. Turner},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Biology Letters},
  doi = {10.1098/rsbl.2025.0563},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0563}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Understanding contest skill to reduce the welfare costs of aggression
AU  - Lucy Oldham
AU  - Gareth Arnott
AU  - Mark Briffa
AU  - Agnieszka Futro
AU  - Jo Donbavand
AU  - Alena Kadlecova
AU  - Ali Alameer
AU  - Manzar Malik
AU  - Mhairi Jack
AU  - Iona Smith
AU  - Mark Brims
AU  - Claire Anderson
AU  - Simon P. Turner
PY  - 2026
JO  - Biology Letters
DO  - 10.1098/rsbl.2025.0563
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Oldham, L., Arnott, G., Briffa, M., Futro, A., Donbavand, J., Kadlecova, A., Alameer, A., Malik, M., Jack, M., Smith, I., Brims, M., Anderson, C., & Turner, S. P. (2026). Understanding contest skill to reduce the welfare costs of aggression. Biology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0563

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