Body size and vigilance mediate asymmetric interference competition for food in fish larvae

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 708-713

  Nakayama, Shinnosuke ^a   Fuiman, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; body size; exploitative competition; interference competition; red drum; Sciaenops ocellatus; vigilance

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOITATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPE; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIGILANCE;

SCIAENOPS; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 77954361075     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq043     Document Type: Article

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