Dominance relationships between male territorial neighbors in the beaugregory damselfish (Stegastes leucostictus)

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1021-1037

  Cleveland, A L ^a   Ludlow, A M ^b   Itzkowitz, M ^a   Draud, M ^c   Haley, M ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reef; Courtship; Defense; Dominance; Jamaica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348197870     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903322589623     Document Type: Article

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