Cleaner fish cause predators to reduce aggression toward bystanders at cleaning stations

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1063-1067

  Cheney, Karen L ^a   Bshary, Redouan ^b   Grutter, Alexandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cleaning symbioses; Coral reef fish; Indirect effects; Mutualisms; Tactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLEANER FISH; ECTOPARASITE; MUTUALISM; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANTHOZOA; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS;

EID: 51749104848     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn067     Document Type: Article

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