Female choice and male courtship behaviour in the beaugregory damselfish

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-405

  Haley, M P ^a   Smith, J K ^a   Itzkowitz, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042545395     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904323066702     Document Type: Article

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