Female fifteen-spined sticklebacks prefer better fathers

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1177-1183

  Östlund, Sara ^a   Ahnesjö, Ingrid ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FISH; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL CARE;

SPINACIA SPINACIA;

EID: 0032211751     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0878     Document Type: Article

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