Offspring or ornaments? Is carotenoid-based ornamentation in female Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus (L.), condition-dependent and traded off against offspring?

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-339

  Nordeide, J T ^a   Mohus, A ^a   Nicolaisen, O ^a   Volden, R ^a   Egeland, E S ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Condition dependent; Female ornament; Mate choice; Ornament; Salvelinus alpinus

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 43149094469     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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