Azorean rock-pool blennies produce size-dependent calls in a courtship context

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1285-1292

  De Jong, Karen ^a   Bouton, Niels ^b   Slabbekoorn, Hans ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

allometry; courtship; mate choice; nest burrow; Parablennius parvicornis; rock pool blenny; sound production

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BURROW; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; HONEST SIGNALING; MATE CHOICE; NEST; PERCIFORM;

PARABLENNIUS PARVICORNIS;

EID: 35748942544     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.02.023     Document Type: Article

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