The mating patterns of females when territorial differences among males are reduced: A test in the polygynous beaugregory damselfish

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 691-708

  Itzkowitz, M ^a   Draud, M J ^b   Triefenbach, F ^c   Haley, M ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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

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EID: 0035594830     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901752233352     Document Type: Article

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