The fitness consequences of plastic responses to adult sex ratio in a paternal care fish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2014, Pages 77-83

  O'Rourke, Cynthia F ^a   Mendelson, Tamra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult sex ratio; Behavioural plasticity; Competition; Etheostoma flabellare; Fantail darter; Paternal care; Reproductive fitness; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886974040     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.10.012     Document Type: Article

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