The effect of perceived female parasite load on post-copulatory male choice in a sex-role-reversed pipefish

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-354

  Partridge, Charlyn ^a   Ahnesjö, Ingrid ^b   Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^c,d   Mobley, Kenyon B ^a,e   Berglund, Anders ^b   Jones, Adam G ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryptic choice; Microsatellites; Pipefish; Post copulatory behavior; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COPULATION; CRYPSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PARASITE INTENSITY; PERCEPTION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE;

EID: 60049087083     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0668-3     Document Type: Article

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