How not to be seen: Does eutrophication influence three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus sneaking behaviour?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2163-2174

  Vlieger, L ^a   Candolin, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Sexual selection; Sneak fertilization; Turbidity; Vegetation density; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUTROPHICATION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME;

ANIMALS; EUTROPHICATION; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME FACTORS;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 72549091866     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02403.x     Document Type: Article

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