Resource attractiveness of the male beaugregory damselfish and his decision to court or defend

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 676-681

  Santangelo, Nick ^a   Itzkowitz, M ^a   Richter, Martin ^a   Haley, Michael P ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Aggression; Beaugregory damselfish; Caribbean; Coral reefs; Courtship; Mate choice; Stegastes leucostictus; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FISH; MATE CHOICE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; STEGASTES; STEGASTES LEUCOSTICTUS;

EID: 0036747495     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.5.676     Document Type: Article

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