Predator density and competition modify the benefits of group formation in a shoaling reef fish

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-178

  Stier, Adrian C ^a   Geange, Shane W ^c   Bolker, Benjamin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VIGILANCE;

ANTHOZOA; PARACIRRHITES ARCATUS; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS PAVO; THALASSOMA AMBLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 84872650431     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20726.x     Document Type: Article

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