Territorial defense of an excess food supply by an algal grazing fish, ayu

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 373-380

  Iguchi, Kei'ichiro ^a   Abe, Shin Ichiro ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algal senescence; Defense; Feeding territoriality; Insurance; Superterritory

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; RANGE SIZE; TERRITORIALITY;

ALGAE; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038039197     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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