The role of male visual and chemical cues on the activation of female courtship behaviour in the sex-role reversed peacock blenny

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-105

  Goncalves D M ^a   Barata, E N ^b,c   Oliveira, R F ^a   Canario A V M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Multicomponent signals; Peacock blenny; Pheromone; Salaria pavo; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; VISUAL CUE;

PAVO; SALARIA PAVO;

EID: 0036655837     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.2026     Document Type: Article

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