Male variation in mating success after female numbers are reduced

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 170-177

  Cleveland, A L ^a   Itzkowitz, M ^a   Haley, M ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Beaugregory damsel fish; Female density; Male reproductive success; Osr; Stegastes leucostictus

Indexed keywords

POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES; STEGASTES LEUCOSTICTUS;

EID: 42049106538     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2001.1832     Document Type: Article

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