Reproductive compensation in broad-nosed pipefish females

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1687, 2010, Pages 1581-1587

  Braga Goncalves, Ines ^a   Mobley, Kenyon B ^b,d   Ahnesjö, Ingrid ^c   Sagebakken, Gry ^a   Jones, Adam G ^b   Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Female choice; Maternal effects; Paternal care; Reproductive compensation; Sex role reversal; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIPID; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL CARE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX ROLE; SUCCESSION; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE;

EID: 77952740539     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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