Group size in animal societies: The potential role of social and ecological limitations in the group-living fish, Paragobiodon xanthosomus

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 638-644

  Wong, Marian Yi Ling ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORAL; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUP SIZE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; GOBIIDAE; PARAGOBIODON XANTHOSOMUS;

EID: 79958822252     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01913.x     Document Type: Article

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