Sexually selected nest-building - Pomatoschistus minutus males build smaller nest-openings in the presence of sneaker males

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 896-902

  Svensson, O ^a   Kvarnemo, C ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birds; Condition; Cuckoldry; Extra pair paternity; Gobiidae; Ornament; Pisces; Sperm competition; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

EGG PREDATION; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FISH; NEST STRUCTURE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNEAK COPULATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; OOCYTE; PERCIFORMES; PREDATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; MALE; OVUM; PERCIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0042239499     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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