Cuckoldry incites cannibalism: Male fish turn to cannibalism when perceived certainty of paternity decreases

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-263

  Gray, Suzanne M ^a   Dill, Lawrence M ^a   McKinnon, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Filial cannibalism; Sneaking; Telmatherina sarasinorum

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SNEAK COPULATION; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; EVOLUTION; FISH; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; EVOLUTION; FISHES; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

TELEOSTEI; TELMATHERINA SARASINORUM;

EID: 33846615502     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510604     Document Type: Article

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