Territorial competition among wild brown trout fry: Effects of ownership and body size

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 469-472

  Johnsson, J I ^a   Nobbelin F ^a   Bohlin, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Conflict; Fish; Intruder; Owner; Residency

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033082637     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0881     Document Type: Article

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