Female aggregation and male competition reduce costs of sexual harassment in the mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1161-1167

  Pilastro, Andrea ^a   Benetton, Stefano ^a   Bisazza, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FEMALE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 0041910952     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2118     Document Type: Article

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