Territorial boundaries of the male beaugregory damselfish

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1138-1144

  Itzkowitz, M ^a   Ludlow, A ^a   Haley, M ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Caribbean; Interspecific aggression; Stegastes leucosticus

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MALE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 0033822254     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2000.1235     Document Type: Article

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