A trade-off generated by sexual conflict: Mediterranean wrasse males refuse present mates to increase future success

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Alonzo, Suzanne Henson ^a,b   Warner, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mating systems; Mediterranean wrasse; Reproductive behavior; Reproductive trade off; Sexual conflict; Symphodus ocellatus

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRADE-OFF;

LABRIDAE; SYMPHODUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 0032906018     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.1.105     Document Type: Article

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