Social monogamy in the cleaning goby Elacatinus evelynae: Ecological constraints or net benefit?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-291

  Whiteman, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Côté, Isabelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANER FISH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE GUARDING; MONOGAMY;

ANTHOZOA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; ELACATINUS EVELYNAE; GOBIOSOMA EVELYNAE; GOBIOSOMA GENIE;

EID: 0042069986     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2200     Document Type: Article

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