Parasitic spawning in sand gobies: An experimental assessment of nest-opening size, sneaker male cues, paternity, and filial cannibalism

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 410-419

  Svensson, Ola ^a,b   Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactics; Concealment; Filial cannibalism; Paternity assurance; Sperm competition; Strategies

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COURTSHIP; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MALE BEHAVIOR; PARASITE; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPAWNING; SPERM COMPETITION;

KRAEMERIIDAE; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 33847638931     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl098     Document Type: Article

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