The effect of maternal body size on embryo survivorship in the broods of pregnant male pipefish

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1169-1177

  Mobley, Kenyon B ^a,d   Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^b   Ahnesjö, Ingrid ^c   Partridge, Charlyn ^a,e   Berglund, Anders ^c   Jones, Adam G ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood reduction; Clutch size; Parental care; Sexual selection; Sibling competition; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MALE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SURVIVORSHIP; TELEOST; VIABILITY;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE; SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE;

EID: 79956118099     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1129-3     Document Type: Article

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