Mate sampling in a population of sand gobies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-276

  Forsgren, Elisabet ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; MATE CHOICE; MATE SAMPLING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SAND GOBY;

POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 0031060949     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0374     Document Type: Article

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