Sexual selection and breeding patterns: Insights from Salmonids (Salmonidae)

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-251

  De Gaudemar, Benoît ^a  

^a Station d'Hydrobiologie   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding pattern; Parental investment; Reproductive rate; Salmonidae; Sex ratio; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING POPULATION; FISH; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0032436526     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001737227076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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