Ejaculate of sneaker males is pheromonally inconspicuous in the black goby, Gobius niger (Teleostei, Gobiidae)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 293, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 601-605

  Locatello, L ^a   Mazzoldi, C ^a   Rasotto, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; GOBIUS NIGER; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0036849985     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.10168     Document Type: Article

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