Ecological constraints and benefits of philopatry promote group-living in a social but non-cooperatively breeding fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1680, 2010, Pages 353-358

  Wong, Marian Y L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefits of philopatry; Dispersal; Ecological constraints; Group living; Habitat quality

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PERCIFORM; PHILOPATRY;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; GOBIIDAE; PARAGOBIODON XANTHOSOMUS;

EID: 76249121921     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1453     Document Type: Article

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