Aggression as a function of genetic relatedness in the sea anemone Actinia equina (Anthozoa: Actiniaria)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 247, Issue , 2003, Pages 85-92

  Turner, V L G ^a,c   Lynch, S M ^a,d   Paterson, L ^a   Leon Cortes J L ^b   Thorpe, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b El Col Frontera Sur Carr P   (Mexico)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d Isle of Man College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clones; Interspecific aggression; Non self; Self recognition; Spatial competition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; RELATEDNESS;

ACTINARIA; ACTINIA EQUINA; ACTINIA FRAGACEA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANEMONIA VIRIDIS; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BUNODACTIS VERRUCOSA; DAHLIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; INVERTEBRATA; METRIDIUM SENILE; URTICINA FELINA; VERRUCOSA;

EID: 0037418123     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps247085     Document Type: Article

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