Temporal variation in decisions about parental care in bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1000-1007

  Magee, Sarah E ^a   Neff, Bryan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; PARENTAL CARE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 33748787404     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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