Evolution of offspring desertion in a stickleback fish

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-24

  Blouw, D Max ^a,b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Gasterosteidae; Parental care; Sexual selection; Social evolution; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GASTEROSTEIDAE;

EVOLUTION; OFFSPRING DESERTION;

EID: 0029661574     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682310     Document Type: Article

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