Female mate choice and mate search tactics in a sex role reversed population of the peacock blenny Salaria pavo (Risso, 1810)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-89

  Fagundes, T ^a   Goncalves D M ^a   Oliveira, R F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

'One step decision'; 'Sequential search'; Blenniidae; Inter sexual selection; Mate search; Sex role reversal

Indexed keywords

BLENNIIDAE; SALARIA PAVO;

EID: 34250894389     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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