Reproductive decision-making by female peacock wrasses: Flexible versus fixed behavioral rules in variable environments

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 666-674

  Luttbeg, Barney ^a,c   Warner, Robert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Learning; Optimal forgetting; Peacock wrasse; Plasticity; Symphodus tinca; Variable environments

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FISH; REPRODUCTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; LABRIDAE; PERCIFORMES; SYMPHODUS TINCA; TINCA;

EID: 0033375391     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.6.666     Document Type: Article

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