Female reproductive tactics in a sex-role reversed pipefish: Scanning for male quality and number

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 768-772

  Silva, K ^a,b   Almada, V C ^c   Vieira, M N ^a,b   Monteiro, N M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Egg allocation; Female mate choice; Mate quality; Pipefish; Serial mating

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX REVERSAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; TELEOST;

SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHUS ABASTER;

EID: 67651097714     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp058     Document Type: Article

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