Territorial male gobies respond aggressively to sneakers but do not adjust their sperm expenditure

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1001-1007

  Scaggiante, Marta ^a   Rasotto, Maria Berica ^a   Romualdi, Chiara ^a   Pilastro, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative male mating tactics; Fish; Sperm expenditure

Indexed keywords

FISH; MATING BEHAVIOR; NEST GUARDING; SNEAK COPULATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; GOBIUS NIGER;

EID: 26444474716     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari081     Document Type: Article

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