Strong intraspecific competition and habitat selectivity influence abundance of a coral-dwelling damselfish

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 448, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-92

  Boström Einarsson, Lisa ^a   Bonin, Mary C ^a   Munday, Philip L ^a   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Behaviour; Competition; Crowding; Density dependent mortality; Habitat degradation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION; CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; UNDERPINNING;

EID: 84880600344     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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