Sexual signals and mating patterns in Syngnathidae

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1647-1661

  Rosenqvist, G ^a,b   Berglund, A ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Ornaments; Pipefishes; Seahorses; Sex roles; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PAIR BOND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); NEROPHIS; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE; SYNGNATHUS;

EID: 79958258794     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02972.x     Document Type: Article

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