Aggressiveness overcomes body-size effects in fights staged between invasive and native fish species with overlapping niches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sanches, Fábio Henrique Carretero ^a   Miyai, Caio Akira ^a   CostaTâ, Tânia Márcia ^a   Christofoletti, Ronaldo Adriano ^b   Volpato, Gilson Luiz ^a   Barreto, Rodrigo Egydio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIGHTING; FISH; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

GEOPHAGUS BRASILIENSIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 84855838127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029746     Document Type: Article

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