Pectoral fin size in a fish species with paternal care: A condition-dependent sexual trait revealing infection status

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 543-551

  Bakker, Theo C M ^a   Mundwiler, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Condition; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Pectoral fins; Pomphorhynchus laevis; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FISH; HONEST SIGNALING; MATE CHOICE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PATERNAL CARE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032766061     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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