Ecological mechanisms for coexistence of colour polymorphism in a coral-reef fish: An experimental evaluation

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 519-526

  Munday, Philip L ^a   Eyre, Peter J ^a   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colour morphs; Dichromatism; Habitat selection; Mimicry; Pseudochromis

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COLOR MORPH; CORAL REEF; EVOLUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FISHES; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS; POMACENTRUS ADELUS; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS; POMACENTRUS CHRYSURUS; POMACENTRUS MOLUCCENSIS; PSEUDOCHROMIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0345099465     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1356-7     Document Type: Article

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