Red coloration and male parental behaviour in the threespine stickleback

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1030-1033

  McKinnon, J S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aggression; coloration; dominance; parental care; stickleback

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030292890     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0231     Document Type: Article

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