To defend or not to defend? Size, residence, and conditional mating in male variegated pupfish, Cyprinodon variegatus

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-313

  Leiser, J K ^a   Itzkowitz, M ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional mating tactic; Cyprinodon; Intruder; Resident; Size asymmetry

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FISH; MULTIPLE MATING; SNEAK COPULATION; TERRITORIALITY;

CYPRINODON; CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS;

EID: 13844266992     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2004.9522622     Document Type: Article

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