Caribbean damselfish with varying territory quality: Correlated behaviors but not a syndrome

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-130

  Snekser, Jennifer L ^a   Leese, Joseph ^a   Ganim, Alexandra ^a   Itzkowitz, Murray ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Beaugregory damselfish; Behavioral syndromes; Stegastes leucostictus; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING; CONSPECIFIC; COURTSHIP; FISH; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES LEUCOSTICTUS;

EID: 58149234192     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn123     Document Type: Article

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