Temperature affects operational sex ratio and intensity of male-male competition: Experimental study of sand gobies, Pomatoschistus minutus

• The operational sex ratio is intimately related to the intensity of sexual selection, but factors governing variation in the operational sex ratio and their effects on mating competition are still poorly understood. In this study, temperature was found to

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Gobiidae; mate competition; operational sex ratio; Pomatoschistus minutus; reproductive behavior; sexual selection; temperature; POTENTIAL REPRODUCTIVE RATES; SELECTION; FEMALES; BEHAVIOR

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