Male three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus make antibiotic nests: A novel form of parental protection?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2380-2389

  Little, T J ^a   Perutz, M ^a   Palmer, M ^a   Crossan, C ^a   Braithwaite, V A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Paternal care; Pathogen; Stickleback glue

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 57749175078     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02086.x     Document Type: Article

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