Functional connectivity from a reef fish perspective: Behavioral tactics for moving in a fragmented landscape

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3332-3342

  Turgeon, Katrine ^a   Robillard, Audrey ^a,b   Grégoire, Jacinthe ^c   Duclos, Vanessa ^d   Kramer, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barbados; Coral reef; Corridor; Fragmentation; Gap crossing; Longfin damselfish, Stegastes diencaeus; Marine reserve; Osteichthyes; Pomacentridae; Spillover; Territory; Travel costs

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSPECIFIC; CORAL REEF; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORAL REEF; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORAL REEFS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCIFORMES;

BARBADOS;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; OSTEICHTHYES; POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES DIENCAEUS;

EID: 78249268533     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2015.1     Document Type: Article

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