Food access, brood size and filial cannibalism in the fantail darter, Etheostoma flabellare

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-110

  Lindström, Kai ^a,b   Craig Sargent, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Zoological Laboratory ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Brood size; Condition change; Etheostoma flabellare; Filial cannibalism; Paternal care

Indexed keywords

ETHEOSTOMA FLABELLARE;

EID: 8044254018     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050322     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Belles-Isles J-C, FitzGerald GJ (1991) Filial cannibalism in sticklebacks: a reproductive management strategy? Ethol Ecol Evol 3:49-62
2. Clutton-Brock TH (1992) Parental care. Princeton University Press, Princeton
3. Constanz GD (1985) Alloparental care in the tessellated darter Etheostoma olmstedi (Pisces: Percidae). Environ Biol Fish 14:175-183
4. DeMartini EE (1987) Paternal defence, cannibalism and polygamy: factors influencing the reproductive success of painted greenling (Pisces, Hexagrammidae). Anim Behav 35:1145-1158
5. Elgar MA, Crespi BJ (1992) Cannibalism: ecology and evolution among diverse taxa. Oxford University Press, New York
6. FitzGerald GJ, Whoriskey FG (1992) Empirical studies of cannibalism in fish. In: Elgar MA, Crespi BJ (eds) Cannibalism: ecology and evolution among diverse taxa. Oxford University Press, New York, pp 238-255
7. Hoelzer G (1992) The ecology and evolution of partial-clutch cannibalism by paternal Cortez damselfish. Oikos 65:113-120
8. Knapp RA, Sargent RC (1989) Egg-mimicry as a mating strategy in the fantail darter, Etheostoma flabellare: females prefer males with eggs. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 25:321-326
9. Kuehne RA, Barbour RW (1983) The American darters. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington
10. Lavery RJ, Keenleyside MHA (1990) Filial cannibalism in the biparental fish Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum (Pisces: Cichlidae) in response to early brood reductions. Ethology 86:326-338
11. Marconato A, Bisazza A, Fabris M (1993) The cost of parental care and egg cannibalism in the river bullhead, Cottus gobio L (Pisces, Cottidae). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 32:229-237
12. Mrowka W (1987) Filial cannibalism and reproductive success in the maternal mouthbrooding cichlid fish Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 21:257-265
13. Page LM (1983) Handbook of darters. TFH, Neptune City
14. Petersen CW, Marchetti K (1989) Filial cannibalsim in the Cortez damselfish Stegastes rectifraenum. Evolution 43:158-168
15. Ridley M, Rechten C (1981) Female sticklebacks prefer to spawn with males whose nests contain eggs. Behaviour 76: 152-161
16. Rohwer S (1978) Parent cannibalism of offspring and egg raiding as a courtship strategy. Am Nat 112:429-440
17. Sargent RC (1992) Ecology of filial cannibalsim in fish: theoretical perspectives. In: Elgar MA, Crespi BJ (eds) Cannibalism: ecology and evolution among diverse taxa. Oxford University Press, New York, pp 38-62
18. Sargent RC (1997) Parental care. In: Godin J-G (ed) Behavioural ecology of teleost fishes. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 290-313
19. Sikkel PC (1988) Factors influencing spawning site choice by female garibaldi Hypsypops rubicundus (Pisces, Pomacentridae). Copeia 1988:710-718
20. Sikkel PC (1989) Egg presence and developmental stage influence spawning site choice by female garibaldi. Anim Behav 38:447-456
21. Sikkel PC (1994) Filial cannibalism in a paternal-caring marine fish: the influence of egg development stage and position in the nest. Anim Behav 47:1149-1158
22. Unger LM, Sargent RC (1988) Allopaternal care in the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas: females prefer males with eggs. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 23:27-32
23. Winn HE (1958) Comparative reproductive behavior and ecology of fourteen species of darters (Pisces-Percidae). Ecol Monogr 28:155-191
24. Wittenberger JF (1981) Animal social behavior. Duxbury, Boston