Vigorously courting male sticklebacks are poor fathers

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-89

  Von Hippel, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Mate choice; Parental care; Threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006880104     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102119900010     Document Type: Article

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