Temperature affects operational sex ratio and intensity of male-male competition: An experimental study of sand gobies, Pomatoschistus minutus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 208-212

  Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gobiidae; Mate competition; Operational sex ratio; Pomatoschistus minutus; Reproductive behavior; Sexual selection; Temperature

Indexed keywords

INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; OPERATIONAL SEX RATIO; SAND GOBY; TEMPERATURE;

POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 0029777682     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.2.208     Document Type: Article

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