Uncertainty in territory quality affects the benefits of usurpation in a Mediterranean wrasse

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 278-285

  Alonzo, Suzanne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Labridae; Sexual conflict; Stochasticity; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

MATING SUCCESS; NEST SITE; PERCIFORM; SEXUAL CONFLICT; TERRITORIALITY;

LABRIDAE; PERCIFORMES; SYMPHODUS; SYMPHODUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 1942475955     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh007     Document Type: Article

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