Females produce larger eggs for large males in a paternal mouthbrooding fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1482, 2001, Pages 2229-2234

  Kolm, N ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Differential allocation; Egg size adjustment; Male size; Parental quality; Paternal mouthbrooding fish

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; FISH; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; COURTSHIP; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0035823814     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1792     Document Type: Article

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