Stickleback males, especially large and red ones, are more likely to nest concealed in macrophytes

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 907-919

  Kraak, Sarah B M ^a,b   Bakker, Theo C M ^a,c   Hočevar, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Large size; Nest concealment; Nest site choice; Predation risk; Red coloration; Three spined stickleback

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039000066     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900502529     Document Type: Article

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