Boldness and reproductive fitness correlates in the eastern mosquitofish, gambusia holbrooki

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-104

  Wilson, Alexander D M ^a   Godin, Jean Guy J ^a   Ward, Ashley J W ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; TELEOST; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; PISCES;

EID: 72549107081     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01719.x     Document Type: Article

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