Dynamic games and field experiments examining intra- and intersexual conflict: Explaining counterintuitive mating behavior in a Mediterranean wrasse, Symphodus ocellatus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-70

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic game model; Fish behavior; Labridae; Mating systems; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SNEAK COPULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SYMPHODUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 0034055499     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.1.56     Document Type: Article

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