Assessing the magnitude of intra- and interspecific competition in two coral reef fishes

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 632-640

  Forrester, Graham E ^a   Evans, Bryn ^b   Steele, Mark A ^b   Vance, Richard R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Gobies; Individual growth; Interference; Refuges

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FISH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION REGULATION;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHOZOA; CORYPHOPTERUS; GNATHOLEPIS THOMPSONI; PISCES;

EID: 33745428737     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0397-0     Document Type: Article

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