Dispersal behavior, boldness, and the link to invasiveness: A comparison of four gambusia species

Biological Invasions

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-391

  Rehage, J Schöpf ^a   Sih, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; boldness; dispersal tendency; fish; Gambusia; invasion

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; FISH;

GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 3242680661     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BINV.0000034618.93140.a5     Document Type: Article

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