Repeatability in nest construction by male three-spined sticklebacks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 547-553

  Rushbrook, B J ^a   Dingemanse, N J ^b   Barber, I ^a,c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evolution; Gasterosteus aculeatus; nest building; repeatability; stickleback; structure

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; TELEOST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 38649094918     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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