Mode of sexual selection determined by resource abundance in two sand goby populations

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 646-654

  Forsgren, Elisabet ^a,c   Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^a   Lindström, Kai ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Zoological Museum   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gobiidae; Nest site; Pomatoschistus minutus; Population differences; Resource abundance; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE ABUNDANCE; SAND GOBY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GOBIIDAE; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 0029769690     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03875.x     Document Type: Article

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