Exclusive male care despite extreme female promiscuity and low paternity in a marine snail

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1167-1173

  Kamel, Stephanie J ^a   Grosberg, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Gastropod; Mating system; Parental care; Paternity; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA;

EID: 84931749084     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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