Reproductive rates, operational sex ratios and mate choice in St. Peter's fish

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-116

  Balshine Earn, Sigal ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Operational sex ratio; Reproductive rates; St. Peter's fish

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE RATE; SEX RATIO; ST PETER'S FISH;

ISRAEL, LAKE KINNERET;

SAROTHERODON GALILAEUS;

EID: 0029659272     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050272     Document Type: Article

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