Mate availability affects female choice in a fish with paternal care: Female counterstrategies against male filial cannibalism

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-159

  Myint, Omar ^a   Tsujimoto, Hajime ^b   Ohnishi, Nobuhiro ^c   Takeyama, Tomohiro ^a   Kohda, Masanori ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Kashihara City Museum of Insect   (Japan)

^c Kyoto University of Advanced Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female choice; Female counterstrategy; Filial cannibalism; Mate availability; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; PISCES; RHINOGOBIUS FLUMINEUS;

EID: 78650512015     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-010-0238-9     Document Type: Article

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