Order of arrival affects competition in two reef fishes

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2868-2878

  Geange, Shane W ^a   Stier, Adrian C ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Competition; Competitive lotteries; Coral reef fish; French polynesia; Intracohort competitive interactions; Moorea; Priority effect; Recruitment; Settlement; Thalassoma spp.

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FISH BIOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; SEASONS;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; THALASSOMA; THALASSOMA HARDWICKE; THALASSOMA QUINQUEVITTATUM;

EID: 70349956363     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0630.1     Document Type: Article

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