Adjustment of brood size and androgen levels in a teleost species with exclusive male parental care

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-33

  Ros, Albert F H ^a   Fagundes, Teresa ^a   Oliveira, Rui F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Blenniidae; brood size manipulation; intersexual selection; male quality; peacock blenny; Salaria pavo; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BROOD SIZE; PATERNAL CARE; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPAWNING; TELEOST; TESTOSTERONE;

BLENNIIDAE; SALARIA PAVO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 67349181078     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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