Effects of patch shape and group size on the effectiveness of defence by juvenile convict cichlids

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-280

  Kim, Jae Woo ^a   Grant, James W A ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

agonistic behaviour; Archocentrus nigrofasciatus; competition; convict cichlid; defence and monopolization of food; freshwater fish; optimal territory size; territorial behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CICHLID; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; PATCH SIZE;

ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 33846431292     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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