Time spent close to a sexual partner as a measure of female mate preference in a sex-role-reversed population of the blenny Salaria pavo (Risso) (Pisces: Blenniidae)

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Gonçalves, David M ^a   Oliveira, Rui F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Female preference; Mate choice; Salaria pavo; Sex role reversed; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BLENNIIDAE; PAVO; PISCES; SALARIA PAVO;

EID: 0242410133     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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