Male and female alternative reproductive behaviors in fishes: A new approach using intersexual dynamics

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 28, Issue , 1997, Pages 571-592

  Henson, S A ^a   Warner, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive behaviors; Fish; Game theory; Mating systems; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

FISH; INTERSEXUAL DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0031435868     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.28.1.571     Document Type: Review

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