A cost worth paying: Energetically expensive interactions with males protect females from intrasexual aggression

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 262-269

  Valero, Alejandra ^a   Hudson, Robyn ^b   Luna, Edgar Ávila ^a   Garcia, Constantino Macías ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fish; Harassment; Intrasexual conflict; Oxygen consumption; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FISH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; VIBRATION;

GIRARDINICHTHYS MULTIRADIATUS;

EID: 27644565807     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0033-8     Document Type: Article

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