Variation in egg-mimic size in the guardian darter, Etheostoma oophylax (Percidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2000, Pages 782-785

  Page, Lawrence M ^a   Knouft, Jason H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EGG; MATE CHOICE; MIMICRY;

ETHEOSTOMA OOPHYLAX;

EID: 0034604409     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0782:VIEMSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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