Size-assortative pairing in Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda): a test of the prudent choice hypothesis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 911-916

  Franceschi, Nathalie ^a   Lemaître, Jean François ^a   Cézilly, Frank ^a   Bollache, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

assortative pairing; Gammarus pulex; prudent choice; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ASSORTATIVE MATING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX;

EID: 77949487844     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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