Reproductive behavior of the male rose bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus as influenced by the operational sex ratio

Zoological Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liao, Cai Ping ^a,b   Yu, Dan ^a   Chen, Yi Yu ^a   Liu, Huan Zhang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative behaviors; Game theory; Male mating behavior; Rose bitterling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899058328     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1810-522X-52-21     Document Type: Article

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