Physiological constraints on contest behaviour

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Aerobic scope predicts dominance during early life in a tropical damselfish (2014, background): “Although several studies have documented large ener- getic costs of physical activity during aggressive encoun- ters (Briffa & Sneddon 2007), the effects of individual aerobic capacity on aggression have been mostly overlooked.”
Temporal dynamics of social hierarchy formation and maintenance in male mice (2016, background): “It is highly metabolically costly for alpha males to consistently defend their dominance status and territory through physical fighting (Briffa & Sneddon, 2007; Castro, Ros, Becker, & Oliveira, 2006; Rohwer & Ewald, 1981) and other behaviours such as scent marking (Gosling, Roberts, Thornton, &…”
Energy metabolism and animal personality (2008, background): “Physiological constraints on behavioural syndromes may also be important to consider with regards to aggressiveness, since contests are known to be energetically costly and the outcome of a fight depend on an individual's capacity to devote energy in the contest (Briffa and Sneddon 2007).”
Evaluating performance costs of sexually selected traits (2007, background): “…behaviours involve locomotion (Garland 1994a, 1994b; Garland & Losos 1994; Blake 2004), including escaping predators, capturing prey and fighting (Briffa & Sneddon 2007); therefore a decrease in locomotor ability (performance capacity) is likely to have fairly direct effects on the Darwinian…”