Reproduction under predatory threat: Trade-offs between nest guarding and predator avoidance in male dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1996, Pages 845-851

  Winkelman, Dana L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARDEA HERODIAS; CERYLE ALCYON; LEPOMIS MARGINATUS;

EID: 0030481601     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447646     Document Type: Article

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