Synchronized breeding events in sympatric marine invertebrates: Role of behavior and fine temporal windows in maintaining reproductive isolation

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1749-1765

  Mercier, Annie ^a   Hamel, Jean François ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Society for the Exploration and Valuing of the Environment (SEVE)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding synchrony; Lunar periodicity; Marine invertebrate; Reproduction; Spawning behavior; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GAMETE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LUNAR CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIGNALING; SPAWNING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957976781     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0987-z     Document Type: Article

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