Are nest characters of importance when choosing a male in the fifteen-spined stickleback (Spinachia spinachia)?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-235

  Ostlund Nilsson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Characters; Female choice; Fifteen spined stickleback; Nest; Spinachia spinachia

Indexed keywords

FISH; MATE CHOICE; NEST SITE; PREDATION RISK;

CARCINUS MAENAS; SPINACIA SPINACIA;

EID: 0033817016     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000230     Document Type: Article

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