Sex roles and mutual mate choice matter during mate sampling

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 741-755

  Myhre, Lise Cats ^a   de Jong, Karen ^a   Forsgren, Elisabet ^b   Amundsen, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Female competition; Gobiusculus flavescens; Mate sampling; Mutual mate choice; Sex roles; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COURTSHIP; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATE CHOICE; MATE LOCATION; PERCIFORM; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PERCIFORMES; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

GOBIUSCULUS FLAVESCENS;

EID: 84861452329     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665651     Document Type: Article

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