Does it matter that male beaugregory damselfish have a mate preference?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-155

  Itzkowitz, M ^a   Draud, M J ^a   Barnes, J L ^a   Haley, M ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reef; Mate choice; Stegastes leucostictus

Indexed keywords

MATE PREFERENCE; REEF FISH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

STEGASTES LEUCOSTICTUS;

EID: 0031922494     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050425     Document Type: Article

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