Food affects the potential reproductive rates of sand goby females but not of males

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 605-611

  Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food availability; Operational sex ratio; Pomatoschistus minutus; Potential reproductive rate; Sand goby; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE RATE; SAND GOBY;

POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 0031466254     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.6.605     Document Type: Article

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