Effect of egg predator on nest choice and nest construction in sand gobies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 867-871

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Egg predation; Nest building; Nest choice; Parental care; Pomatoschistus minutus; Predation threat; Predator prey interaction; Reproduction cost; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EGG PREDATION; FISH; MALE; NEST; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CRANGON CRANGON; CRANGON SEPTEMSPINOSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); KRAEMERIIDAE; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 84884350328     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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