Female-female competition affects female ornamentation in the sex-role reversed pipefish syngnathus typhle

Behaviour

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 535-550

  Bernet, Patricia ^a,b   Rosenqvist, Gunilla ^c   Berglund, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 0032390615     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853998792897923     Document Type: Article

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