Correlates of the duration of the egg collecting phase in the three-spined stickleback

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1038-1049

  Kraak, S B M ^a,b   Bakker, T C M ^a   Mundwiler, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Courtship phase; Gasterosteus aculeatus L.; Optimum brood size; Parental phase; Paternal care; Three spined stickleback; Trade off courting caring

Indexed keywords

EGG; MALE BEHAVIOR;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0033135648     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.0937     Document Type: Article

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