Density-dependent sexual selection in the monogamous fish Archocentrus nigrofasciatus

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 867-874

  Lehtonen, Topi K ^a,b   Lindström, Kai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CICHLID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY; NEST SITE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 45749158959     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16677.x     Document Type: Article

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