Male broad-nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle do not locate females by smell

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1861-1867

  Lindqvist, C ^a   Sundin, J ^b   Berglund, A ^b   Rosenqvist, G ^a,c  

^a GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Mate encounter rate; Mate search; Scent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA; SMELL;

SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE;

EID: 79958259719     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02985.x     Document Type: Article

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