Population and individual consequences of breeding resource availability in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1069-1079

  Konečná, Markéta ^a   Smith, Carl ^b   Reichard, Martin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acheilognathinae; Demography; Recruitment; Sexual selection; Variation in reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYPRINID; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ACHEILOGNATHINAE; CYPRINIDAE; RHODEUS; RHODEUS AMARUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 77953702070     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0921-4     Document Type: Article

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