Reproductive costs, condition and carotenoid-based colour in natural populations of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-302

  Sparkes, T C ^a,c   Rush, V ^a,d   Foster, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tucker Davis Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Nest defence; Nuptial coloration; Parental costs; Trade off

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SALIX;

EID: 41249100917     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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