Female preference and filial cannibalism in Aidablennius sphynx (Teleostei, Blenniidae); a combined field and laboratory study

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-97

  Kraak, Sarah B M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Fish; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANNIBALISM; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MATING; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

AIDABLENNIUS SPHYNX;

EID: 0030038360     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-6357(95)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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