Size-assortative pairing in Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda): A test of the timing hypothesis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 239-244

  Hume, Kevin D ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Connaghan, Kevin M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE GUARDING; PAIR BOND; SIZE SELECTION;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; PULEX;

EID: 0036398101     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3045     Document Type: Article

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