Repeatability of nest size choice and nest building in sand gobies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 913-917

  Japoshvili, Bella ^a,b   Lehtonen, Topi K ^c   Wong, Bob B M ^d   Lindström, Kai ^b  

^a ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extended phenotype; Mate choice; Nest building; Nest choice; Pomatoschistus minutus; Repeatability; Sand goby; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; NEST; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

KRAEMERIIDAE; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 84866899258     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.07.015     Document Type: Article

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