Differential reproductive allocation in sympatric stream-dwelling sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus and Pungitius pungitius

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 337-351

  Copp, Gordon H ^a,b,c   Kováč, Vladimír ^d   Blacker, Francesca ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutch number; Clutch size; Egg batch; Fish eggs; Ninespine; Oocyte size; Seasonal fecundity; Threespine

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FISH; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; LEIURUS; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036963713     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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