Spawning success in the damselfish Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster: The influence of eggs in the nest

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 651-664

  Goulet, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE CHOICE; MATE CHOICE; REEF FISH; SPAWNING SUCCESS; WHITEBELLY DAMSELFISH;

AMBLYGLYPHIDODON LEUCOGASTER;

EID: 0031923950     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0753     Document Type: Article

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