Size and pairing success in Gammarus duebeni: Can females be too big?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1301-1308

  Hatcher, Melanie J ^a   Dunn, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COURTSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SIZE-ASSORTATIVE PAIRING;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS DUEBENI;

EID: 0030696181     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0534     Document Type: Article

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