The evolutionary ecology of nest construction: Insight from recent fish studies

Avian Biology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-98

  Barber, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Extended phenotype; Fish; Gasterosteus; Goby; Nest building behaviour; Nest construction; Sexual selection; Spiggin; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84877960029     PISSN: 17581559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/175815513X13609538379947     Document Type: Review

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