Paternity and paternal effort in the pumpkinseed sunfish

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 914-921

  Rios Cardenas, Oscar ^a,b   Webster, Michael S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative strategies; Parental care; Paternity; Pumpkinseed sunfish

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PATERNITY;

AVES; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS;

EID: 23944441477     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari076     Document Type: Article

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