Mate availability accelerates male filial cannibalism in a nest brooding fish: Effects of number and fecundity of females

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 421-428

  Takeyama, Tomohiro ^a   Namizaki, Naoko ^a   Kohda, Masanori ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female quality; Filial cannibalism; Mate availability; Paternal care; Rhinogobius flumineus; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; FECUNDITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MATE CHOICE; PERCIFORM; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; RHINOGOBIUS FLUMINEUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84873993308     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1462-9     Document Type: Article

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