Odour cues from suitors' nests determine mating success in a fish

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Lehtonen, Topi K ^a,b   Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemical signal; Mate choice; Odour; Olfactory cue; Parental care; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; FISH; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PARENTAL CARE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA; OOMYCETES; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; SAPROLEGNIA;

FRAGRANCE;

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; ODORANTS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PERCIFORMES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84929094097     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0021     Document Type: Article

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