Reproductive allocation in Aidablennius sphynx (Teleostei, Blenniidae): Females lay more eggs faster when paired with larger males

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 922-926

  Locatello, Lisa ^a   Neat, Francis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PERCIFORMES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

AIDABLENNIUS SPHYNX; BLENNIIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 27844516089     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.204     Document Type: Article

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