Costs of rapid growth: The risk of aggression is higher for fast-growing salmon

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 793-800

  Nicieza, A G ^a,b   Metcalfe, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Cost of aggression; Energy reserves; Growth bimodality; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ENERGETICS; GROWTH RATE; SALMONID; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0033403632     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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