Mating system and size advantage of male mating in the protogynous swamp eel monopterus albus with paternal care

Zoological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 360-367

  Matsumoto, Seiji ^a   Takeyama, Tomohiro ^b   Ohnishi, Nobuhiro ^c   Kohda, Masanori ^b  

^a Kashihara City Museum of Insect   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c Kyoto University of Advanced Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

monandry; mortality advantage hypothesis; MTV polygamy; paternal care; protogyny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

MONOPTERUS ALBUS; SYNBRANCHIDAE;

EID: 79956135703     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.360     Document Type: Article

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