Do operational sex ratio and density affect mating behaviour? An experiment on the two-spotted goby

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1229-1238

  de Jong, Karen ^a   Wacker, Sebastian ^a,b   Amundsen, Trond ^a   Forsgren, Elisabet ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

agonistic behaviour; courtship; density; Gobiusculus flavescens; mating competition; operational sex ratio; sex role; two spotted goby

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COURTSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SEX REVERSAL; SEX ROLE;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIUSCULUS FLAVESCENS;

EID: 70350041332     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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