An ethological analysis of the breeding behavior of the fantail darter, Etheostoma flabellare

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 140-144

  Moretz, Jason A ^a,b   Rogers, William ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING;

ETHEOSTOMA; ETHEOSTOMA FLABELLARE; PERCIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142686105     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0140:AEAOTB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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