Male lagoon gobies, Knipowitschia panizzae, prefer more ornamented to larger females

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 521-528

  Pizzolon, Matteo ^a   Rasotto, Maria B ^a   Mazzoldi, Carlotta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Female ornament; Mate choice; Multiple signals; Teleost

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECUNDITY; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL CARE; PERCIFORM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GIRARDICHTHYS FALCATUS; KNIPOWITSCHIA PANIZZAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 38049036935     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0476-1     Document Type: Article

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