Male body size and breeding tubercles are both linked to intrasexual dominance and reproductive success in the minnow

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 823-829

  Jacob, Alain ^a   Evanno, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Renai, Emanuela ^a   Sermier, Roberto ^a   Wedekind, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Ecology and Ecosystem Health   (France)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

lek; male male competition; minnow; perl organ; Phoxinus phoxinus; reproductive behaviour; secondary sexual character; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CYPRINID; DOMINANCE; FIGHTING; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

CYPRINIDAE; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS;

EID: 62549109488     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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