Finding NEMO: Nestedness engendered by mutualistic organization in anemonefish and their hosts

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1609, 2007, Pages 591-598

  Ollerton, Jeff ^a   McCollin, Duncan ^a   Fautin, Daphne G ^b   Allen, Gerald R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphiprion; Anthozoa; Coral reef; Mutualism; Nestedness theory; Premnas

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUTUALISM; NESTEDNESS; PERCIFORM;

AMPHIPRION; ANEMONE FISH; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; HOST; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NESTEDNESS THEORY; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ANEMONE; SYMBIOSIS; THEORY; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIPRION; ANTHOZOA; PREMNAS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORMES; SEA ANEMONES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 34249952335     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3758     Document Type: Article

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