Environmental Change and Extended Phenotypes: Does Eutrophication Influence Nest Building in Sticklebacks?

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 503-510

  Tuomainen, Ulla ^a   Candolin, Ulrika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; FITNESS; MATE ATTRACTION; NEST; NEST STRUCTURE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VISIBILITY;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84877617160     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12088     Document Type: Article

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