Social correlates of reproductive success in false clown anemonefish: Subordinate group members do not pay-to-stay

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-104

  Mitchell, Jeremy S ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphiprion; Cooperative breeding; Queue; Reproductive success; Social organization

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIPRION; AMPHIPRION OCELLARIS; ANEMONE;

EID: 2542450464     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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