Male mate choice in a natural population of the parasitic copepod lernaeocera branchialis (copepoda: pennellidae)

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 221-239

  Heuch, Peter Andreas ^a   Schram, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOUNDER; MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; SEX RATIO; SPERM COMPETITION;

COPEPODA; LERNAEOCERA BRANCHIALIS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS;

EID: 0030430353     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996x00125     Document Type: Article

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