Female-female aggression: Structure of interaction and outcome in loggerhead sea turtles

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 336, Issue , 2007, Pages 267-274

  Schofield, Gail ^a,b   Katselidis, Kostas A ^a,c   Pantis, John D ^d   Dimopoulos, Panayotis ^a   Hays, Graeme C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c National Marine Park of Zakynthos   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Evolutionary stable strategy; Marine; Reptile; Seguential assessment; Territory; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING SITE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORY; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS]; ZAKYNTHOS [ZAKYNTHOS (DPR)];

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34249939948     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps336267     Document Type: Article

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