Differences in potential reproductive rates of male and female seahorses related to courtship roles

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-20

  Masonjones, Heather D ^a,b   Lewis, Sara M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

HIPPOCAMPUS ZOSTERAE;

EID: 0033975825     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1269     Document Type: Article

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