Female courtship in the Banggai cardinalfish: Honest signals of egg maturity and reproductive output?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-64

  Kolm, Niclas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Differential allocation; Female courtship display; Honest information; Male mate choice

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COURTSHIP; MATE CHOICE; MATURATION; REPRODUCTION;

PTERAPOGON; PTERAPOGON KAUDERNI;

EID: 2442419803     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0754-5     Document Type: Article

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