Females of a stream goby choose mates that court in fast water currents

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 937-946

  Takahashi, Daisuke ^a,b   Kohda, Masanori ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0035633002     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901753286498     Document Type: Article

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