Behavioral and energetic costs of group membership in a coral reef fish

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 423-433

  White, J Wilson ^a,b   Warner, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Group size effect; Growth rate; Resource competition; Risk reduction

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORAL REEF; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; ENERGETICS; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOMACH JUICE; TIME; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PERCIFORMES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; COPEPODA; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM; THALASSOMA LUCASANUM;

EID: 35948938537     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0838-4     Document Type: Article

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