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

Approximately 50 years ago, Nile tilapia were accidentally introduced to Brazil, and the decline of pearl cichlid populations, which has been intensified by habitat degradation, in some locations has been associated with the presence of Nile tilapia. There is, however, little strong empirical eviden...

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Main Authors: Fábio Henrique Carretero Sanches, Caio Akira Miyai, Tânia Márcia Costa, Ronaldo Adriano Christofoletti, Gilson Luiz Volpato, Rodrigo Egydio Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3260156?pdf=render