Competition encourages cooperation: Client fish receive higher-quality service when cleaner fish compete

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1183-1189

  Adam, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological market; Bluestreak cleaner wrasse; Chaetodon ornatissimus; Cleaning mutualism; Conflict; Cooperation; Labroides dimidiatus; Ornate butterflyfish; Partner choice

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; MUTUALISM; PERCIFORM;

CHAETODON ORNATISSIMUS; CHAETODONTIDAE; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS;

EID: 78650226202     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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