Repeatability of mating preferences in the sand goby

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-61

  Lehtonen, Topi K ^a   Lindström, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

association preference test; individual mate preferences; mate choice; Pomatoschistus minutus; repeatability; sand goby; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 37349121758     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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