Social facilitation of selective mortality

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1562-1570

  McCormick, Mark I ^a   Meekan, Mark G ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Coral reef fish; Density mediated indirect effects; Phenotypic selection; Predator interference; Predator prey; Selective mortality; Settlement; Size selection; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EGG PREDATION; MORTALITY; NEST SITE; PATCHINESS; PERCIFORM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS; PSEUDOCHROMIS FUSCUS; THALASSOMA LUNARE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NESTING; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 34547644800     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0830     Document Type: Article

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