Do male two-spotted gobies prefer large fecund females?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 787-792

  Pélabon, Christophe ^a   Borg, Åsa A ^a   Bjelvenmark, Jens ^b   Forsgren, Elisabet ^a,b   Barber, Iain ^c   Amundsen, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Fecundity; Mate choice; Size; Two spotted goby

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FISH; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; GOBIUSCULUS FLAVESCENS;

EID: 0038609305     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg074     Document Type: Article

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