Effects of competitor-to-resource ratio on aggression and size variation within groups of convict cichlids

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1157-1163

  Noël, Michelle V ^a   Grant, James W A ^a   Carrigan, Joseph G ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CICHLID; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROUP SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 17844407680     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.07.019     Document Type: Article

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