Seasonal change in female choice for male size in the two-spotted goby

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 763-771

  Borg, Åsa A ^a,b   Forsgren, Elisabet ^a,b   Amundsen, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FISH; HATCHING; MATE CHOICE; NEST; PARENTAL CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIUSCULUS FLAVESCENS;

EID: 33748611641     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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