Age-specific filial cannibalism in a paternal mouthbrooding fish

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 363-369

  Okuda, Noboru ^b   Takeyama, Tomohiro ^a   Yanagisawa, Yasunobu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apogonidae; Entire brood cannibalism; Mate availability; Reproductive cost; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CANNABALISM; CARDINAL FISH; MOUTHBROODING FISH;

JAPAN;

APOGON DOEDERLEINI;

EID: 0031443621     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050397     Document Type: Article

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