Sex-role reversal of a monogamous pipefish without higher potential reproductive rate in females

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1628, 2007, Pages 2959-2963

  Sogabe, Atsushi ^a   Yanagisawa, Yasunobu ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corythoichthys haematopterus; Monogamy; Operational sex ratio; Potential reproductive rate; Sex role reversal; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BREEDING SEASON; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); MONOGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TELEOST;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; FISH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; POLYANDRY; POLYGAMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; ROLE PLAYING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CORYTHOICHTHYS HAEMATOPTERUS; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 36549074627     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1041     Document Type: Article

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