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Female sand gobies ...
Female sand gobies gain direct benefits by choosing males with eggs in their nests
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- Forsgren, E (author)
- Uppsala universitet
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- Karlsson, A (author)
- Uppsala universitet
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- Kvarnemo, C (author)
- Uppsala universitet
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- SPRINGER VERLAG, 1996
- 1996
- English.
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In: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY. - : SPRINGER VERLAG. - 0340-5443. ; 39:2, s. 91-96
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- In some fish species with paternal care, females prefer to spawn with males whose nests already contain eggs. Several hypotheses have been put forward to explain this behaviour, such as reduced risk of predation or cannibalism (the dilution effect), incre
Keyword
- mate choice; paternal care; filial cannibalism; Pomatoschistus minutus; Gobiidae; GASTEROSTEUS-ACULEATUS L; MATE CHOICE; PATERNAL CARE; BROOD SIZE; POMATOSCHISTUS-MINUTUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PIMEPHALES-PROMELAS; FILIAL CANNIBALISM
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