Differing mechanisms underlie sexual size-dimorphism in two populations of a sex-changing fish.
Variability in the density of groups within a patchy environment lead to differences in interaction rates, growth dynamics and social organization. In protogynous hermaphrodites there are hypothesised trade-offs among sex-specific growth, reproductive output and mortality. When differences in densit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-05-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2868897?pdf=render |