Effect of Competitor Density on the Aggressiveness of Juvenile White Seabream (Diplodus sargus cadenati de la Paz, Bauchot and Daget, 1974)

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-284

  Caballero, Catalina ^a   Castro Hdez, José J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Agonistic interactions; Competitor density; Diplodus sargus cadenati

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038398685     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.10049     Document Type: Article

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