An evolutionary model of parental care in St. Peter's fish

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 423-431

  Balshine Earn, Sigal ^a,b,c   Earn, David J D ^a,b  

^a Department of Zoology   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c KLIVV   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETIC MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; ZEIDAE;

EID: 0031581838     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0254     Document Type: Article

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