Partial filial cannibalism enhances initial body condition and size in paternal care fish with strong male-male competition

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-65

  Gomagano, Daisuke ^a   Kohda, Masanori ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; COMPENSATION; FIGHTING; FISH; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL CARE;

EID: 41349117427     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.045.0105     Document Type: Article

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