Plasticity in spawning visits of female damselfish, Stegastes nigricans: Effect of distance to mates

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-59

  Karino, Kenji ^a,b   Kuwamura, Tetsuo ^a  

^a CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Conflicting demands; Female spawning visits; Territorial damselfish

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFISH; FEMALES; REEF FISH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SPAWNING BEHAVIOUR; TERRITORIALITY;

STEGASTES NIGRICANS;

EID: 0030755380     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050363     Document Type: Article

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