Temporal and spatial opportunities for polygamy in a monogamous seahorse, Hippocampus whitei

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-156

  Vincent, Amanda C J ^a,b,d   Dale Marsden, A ^a,d   Evans, Karl L ^b,e   Sadler, Laila M ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home ranges; Mating patterns; Mating synchrony; Potential reproductive rate; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842833424     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904322890780     Document Type: Article

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