Effects of costs and benefits of brood care on filial cannibalism in the sand goby

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-106

  Lindström, Kai ^a  

^a Dept of Ecology and Systematics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Brood size; Fat reserves; Filial cannibalism; Parental care; Pomatoschistus minutus

Indexed keywords

BROOD CARE; CANNIABLISM; CANNIBALISM; CLUTCH SIZE; PARENTAL CARE; SAND GOBY;

POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 0031949336     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050417     Document Type: Article

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