Alloparental care increases mating success

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 206-211

  Stiver, Kelly A ^a   Alonzo, Suzanne H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Female choice; Mate choice copying; Predation dilution; Sexual selection; Tessellated darter

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; BROOD DESERTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ETHEOSTOMA OLMSTEDI;

EID: 79952501965     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq186     Document Type: Article

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