Nutritional benefits of filial cannibalism in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-403

  Mehlis, Marion ^a   Bakker, Theo C M ^a   Frommen, Joachim G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptive value; Body condition; Brood care; Egg cannibalism; Fish; Mass; Offspring

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CANNIBALISM; EGG PREDATION; FISH; MALE; NUTRITION; PATERNAL CARE; TELEOST;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CANNIBALISM; EGGS; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NETHERLANDS; OVUM; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SMEGMAMORPHA; TEMPERATURE;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 61449136723     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0485-6     Document Type: Article

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