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15 - How Behaviour Contributes to the Success of an Invasive Poeciliid Fish: The Trinidadian Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) as a Model Species

from Part III - Case Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

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Amy E. Deacon  and
Anne E. Magurran
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Judith S. Weis  and
Daniel Sol
Judith S. Weis
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Rutgers University, New Jersey
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National Spanish Research Council (CSIC)
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Biological Invasions and Animal Behaviour , pp. 266 - 290
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