Behavioral responses of a sex-role reversed pipefish to a gradient of perceived predation risk

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-75

  Fuller, Rebecca ^a,b   Berglund, Anders ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (Sweden)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Information gathering; Mate acquisition; Pipefish; Predation; Reproductive behavior; Syngnathidae; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COD; PIPEFISH; PREDATION RISK; TRADE-OFF;

GADUS MORHUA; SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE;

EID: 0029769019     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.1.69     Document Type: Article

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